Word: stub
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...made after the Metcalf family, whose repeated inquiries to World were rebuffed, took their concern about the missing relatives to state police. The airline, which has been ordered by the Civil Aeronautics Board to produce all passenger documentation, claims that a no-show in Newark and an unpulled ticket stub in Oakland allowed the Metcalfs to slip through uncounted...
...President Bok, it could be a watershed, as he would gather esteem in places where he may not yet be a household word--The Rat, for instance. Students would love him--they could use the "Miscellaneous" stub in their coupon book for admission. And the crowning moment would come when Bok, perhaps dressed in cap-and-gown, stands on the stage and proclaims, in that inimitable stentorian voice: "Ladies and Gentlemen--and distinguished guests--the Rolling Stones...
...this newest electronic revolution. Even the biggest drawback to processors, their size, is shrinking. Sony, master of the mini, recently introduced a 3-lb. briefcase-size keyboard unit capable of storing text to be printed out later. A few stubborn novelists and historians may resist until the final pencil stub and the last typewriter ribbon, but in the final chapter, the processor will win. As Cerf concludes, "I have seen the future, and it glows." -By J.D. Reed. Reported...
...danger was clear, present and ominous: 90% of Chicago's firemen were on strike. How did the nation's second largest city (pop. 3.5 million) cope with the emergency? With ingenuity, a stub born we'11-get-by persistence, a small army of willing, if nastily trained substitutes - and just plain good luck. At week's end Chicago had survived 17 days of the strike without a major disaster...