Word: simpler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many students question why some departments do not yet have a page, especially when making Web pages is getting simpler all the time...
...barricades to run beside the carriage that bore her to her funeral. The same carriage bore the body of Mahatma Gandhi after he was assassinated in 1948. It also ferried that of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, after his death in 1964. Mother would have preferred something simpler...
...data? So AOL's new interface offers a nearly seamless link between the Web and AOL. Everything is as neatly organized as a small-town library. AOL has put a frame around the chaotic tumble of the Internet. The frame, Case hopes, will make the Net easier to use, simpler to understand and more carefully edited to keep kids from seeing things they shouldn't see. Above all, need we mention, the goal is to make the Net seem well worth paying for. "We don't really care about the technology," Case explains. "We've tried to recognize that...
...Ready consumer PCs ($1,999 to $2,999, plus monitor), making its debut in August, breaks from the gray-box approach to PC design by placing the CD-ROM and floppy drives in a shoe box-size module that sits next to the monitor, making for a much simpler look. A special display gives regular news updates throughout the day. And this week the company is initiating a build-to-order program aimed squarely at rivals such as Gateway. The approach may help the firm grab that market share it so badly covets...
...John Lennon by being cremated upon death. Forty years ago, fewer than 4% of Americans chose cremation, but in 1995 21% did. That figure is expected to rise to 40% by 2010. California and Florida lead the U.S. in number of cremations. People who pick cremation see it as simpler and less expensive than a burial--and it certainly consumes less space. The average cremated remains weigh about 6 1/2 lbs. and take up about 200 cu. in., the volume of a small shoe...