Word: taping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thinclads, finishing just 20 seconds behind the Huskies' multi All-American Bruce Bickford in a time of 30:40. The four other Harvard scorers finished in a clump. McNulty and John Murphy tied for third at 31:40, while Noel Scidmore and newcomer Buck Logan hit the tape together one second later...
Waite, who organized this ICCH/4 conference, might be computer-classified in the "skinny, mild-mannered, wears glasses, enthusiastic" subset of the "professor" category. He likes computers so much that he bought an array of Hewlett-Packard hardware (central processing unit, disc drive, digital tape unit, hardcopy printer, typesetter) with his own money. He set the rig up in his house, and he helps pay off the $70,000 cost by running a one-man computer typesetting business on the side. Waite's machines are on display at the conference. A Los Angeles-based colleague named David Packard has been...
...boys are letting you down, George. Can't be much good, can you? ... I'm not quite sure when I will strike again, but it will definitely be some time this year, maybe September or October - even sooner if I get the chance." That taunting 260-word tape-recorded message was mailed to Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield of the West Yorkshire police in June. In it, the twisted murderer known as the "Yorkshire Ripper" vowed that he would soon add to his string of eleven brutal killings. Last week he kept his word...
...blends into fall, the bureaucrats in federal agencies are often faced with a problem that few taxpayers will ever have to wrestle with: an overabundance of cash and a pressing need to spend it as quickly as possible. Usually the officials meet the challenge, pumping out money like ticker tape at a parade, and if some of this last-minute spending goes for wasteful, even harebrained projects - well, it's a tradition in town...
...Astrodome can change its course, making it the hardest pitch to hit. Says Cincinnati Reds Second Baseman Joe Morgan: "The knuckleball messes up your timing so bad it can put you in a slump for three or four games." Joe Niekro, who enjoys watching himself on video tape, adds: "It's flat amazing to watch what the ball does. It's a thrill...