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...that once powerful emblem of the times is disappearing, no longer necessary to the smooth functioning of new computers. Advanced machines have optical scanners that read words, numbers and symbols and do not need the punch to process information. Since the scanning computers can be more cost-efficient, the changeover is coming quickly, and millions of old computer cards are being tossed away. Says A.G.W. Biddle, president of the Computer and Communications Industry Association: "Probably the only major users left are those with antiquated equipment, especially the Government and various utility companies...
...sorority sisters--the majority of whom are Virginia natives and the epitome of everything good about Southern belles--were jsut extra sweet. The Theta Delta Chi fraternity burned its Homecoming float in the middle of the parade just to keep things lively. And the beer was flowing just as smooth and fast as everything else...
...instance, the conscious distance of the bluesman from his subject that gives Stones songs their biting irony. And at the same time, it is the reckless abandon of a Chicago blues jam that separates the Stones from those who would polish rock and roll into a smooth, blunt weapon. The band members never saw themselves as a part of a British Invasion--not musically, at least. They wanted that "really good funky American sound," from the start, Richards announced in 1964. That raucous, reckless, eminently funky sound has endured as the Stones' special signature, regardless of what other influences...
...controlled machine tools and robots on the shop floor, and with a push of the button rendering electronic designs into finished products. The ultimate vision is of a "factory of the future," in which everything from ordering parts to packing and shipping out the finished products runs with the smooth, silent pulse of electronic messages moving through computer circuits...
John Bridgeland spent an hour this Thursday working on his groundstokes and volleys. It was a practice session like countless others: smooth, classical forehands and backhands, lofting topspin lobs, staccato volley winners. Confidently he guided ball after ball toward the opposite baseline, until the varsity arrived for its afternoon workout...