Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interactive multimedia will succeed, at least at some level, ! because for certain purposes it makes good sense. In the business world, it is already being embraced as a tool to train workers in such complex skills as aircraft maintenance and computer repair. But multimedia still lacks what computer companies call the "killer application," a program like the electronic spreadsheet or the word processor that is so compelling that consumers will buy a new device just to run it. As Marshall McLuhan pointed out, every new medium takes its content from its predecessor: early films were simply recorded stage plays...
...spectroscopy is a means of determining the structure of molecules in solutions and investigating their motion. It has, according to Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach, "become a standard instrumental measuring tool within chemistry, thanks to Ernst's developments...
...TIME for College. Last week a separate teacher's guide went out for the first time to several hundred colleges. The purpose of this program is to help teachers develop the writing ability of their students. Says Alexander Sareyan, our associate director of consumer marketing: "TIME is an excellent tool for teaching writing and communications." These efforts are a way for us to share the excitement and skills of our profession, so there's a satisfaction there for us as well...
...studied the trends in SAT tests over the past 10 years and put together a manual. "How to Beat the SAT," on his computer, and used the manual as the primary teaching tool for his course...
...same is true with quantitative study. It is a tool needed in the field of government, and so our hope is to encourage students to study statistics or statistics in the field of economics," elaborated Widner. "Ideally, we would offer our own courses in these fields, but that's way down the road...