Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then came the turn of elegant Eddie Burke. Expanding his chest, he pledged to wage war on drug pushers and rapists if elected. A Baptist preacher exulted that Burke would create a "spiritual surge that will lift us into orbit for God." More down to earth, Committeeman Marty Tuchow explained: "Nostalgia is fine, but I have to be practical." Translation: Daley is buried, Byrne is mayor, and Byrne was for Burke. Twenty-four committeemen supported Burke...
...colony on North Africa's Atlantic coast. King Hassan II, 50, one of the West's most reliable allies in the Arab world, has found himself mired in a no-win war of attrition against leftist guerrillas of the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, who are fighting to turn the desolate, phosphate-rich 103,000-sq.-mi. wedge of territory into an independent "Saharan Arab Democratic Republic...
...crime is apparently being committed by youths. The Chinese press routinely blames the pernicious influence of Mao's widow Jiang Qing (Chiang Ch'ing) and her deposed Gang of Four. In fact, one principal cause is unemployment, particularly among millions of middle-school graduates who turn to street crime or black-marketeering to get some sorely needed cash...
Voice Chess Challenger is a gabby and much smarter version of the computer chess player turned out by Fidelity Electronics nearly three years ago. Back then it seemed remarkable that a tiny computer could play chess at all, even though its play was less than brilliant. Now the chess ability of the reprogrammed chip is high enough to make any parlor wood-pusher loosen his collar and roll up his sleeves, and it is the machine's distinctly machine-like speech that is the dazzling gimmick. Turn the doodad on, and it says, dropping each word like a cinder...
...writing a threatening letter to the telephone company. The machine itself does not yet have a dog or a typewriter, and it becomes impatient within a couple of minutes when its opponent is thinking. Then it says, gruffly, "Enter-your-move." There is a useful voice turn-off button for such moments. Except for this bit of coffee-housing, Challenger has no small talk and no emotion, and after the human player has forced a perilous and gallant end-game win at level 6, it is a real disappointment to hear it say, uncaring and without expression: "I -lose." Voice...