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...company spokesmen also tried to undermine many of the stereo types of computer programmers. "I thought it would be a dehumanizing environment, working in a cubicle, attached to a terminal," Charlotte Hoppe, a former teacher now employed by Wang Laboratories, explained. "But I enjoy my work; for me it's like solving a puzzle...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: City Teachers Facing Digital Future | 3/3/1981 | See Source »

...unmelodic magnetic number called VisiCalc, the bestselling microcomputer program for business uses. The featherweight sliver of plastic is about the size of a greeting card, but when it is placed in a computer, the machine comes alive. A computer without a program, or "software," is like a $3,000 stereo set without any records or tapes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smash Hit of Software | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

...sparks here. The film moves at a glacial pace toward degradation and death: when the cavalry rides to the rescue, it saves the bad guys. The movie's narrative is as incoherent, its plot points as contradictory, its characters as inarticulate (and, through the wonders of Dolby Stereo, often as unintelligible) as those of The Deer Hunter, but without the Viet Nam film's claim of political significance. With its repetitions and ellipses, Heaven's Gate resembles random sequences from some lost eight-hour masterwork. As of this week, though, it is something sadder: a four-hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: How to Play Hollywood Hara-Kiri | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...everyone was aware of the Game. Elliot Richardson, who was handling out stereo leaflets at the Square yesterday, did not know of any game today. His response when finding out, "Thanks. I'll definitely be here tomorrow...

Author: By Susan L. Donner and Gregory M. Stankiewicz, S | Title: Playing The Game | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...attack last April, the two men forced the B-School student and her male escort into the dorm, raped her and her female guest, and left with the stereo and jewelry. The University and MIT police, responding to a call by the women, chased Davis's car down Mass Ave to the B.U. Bridge on Memorial Drive. The second suspect escaped on foot

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Man Arrested In B-School Rape Incident | 10/29/1980 | See Source »

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