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Word: types (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Using an electronic "dictionary," which it scans in a fraction of a second, the system can figure out how to break almost any word up to and including the 14-syllable supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It can set type in any one of Time Inc.'s own 127 fonts, tailor-fit copy to a layout, and draw in boxes and assorted lines. Finally, at the rate of a page every 15 seconds, the system can whisk the whole magazine to our printers in Chicago via telephone wires. TIME will soon acquire yet another computerized device-a Videocomp machine that will enable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 20, 1978 | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...other manufacturing process is quite like it. Only a single speck of dust can ruin a chip, so work must be done in "clean rooms," where the air is constantly filtered and workers are swathed in surgical-type garb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Computer Society: The Art of Chip Making | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...course, which costs $25, will be taught in two sections of 12 people. It will meet for three hours each week and graduates will be expected to be able to type 30 words per minute...

Author: By Dewitt C. Jones, | Title: New Typing Course | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson finally got on the board with a slapstick-type of tally at 2:28 of the third. Murray Dea fed Cochrane in on an uncontested breakaway, and almost falling down a second before he was about to shoot, the junior from Cambridge managed to push the puck by the bewildered Sutton before the goalie had a chance to smother...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Quakers Defrost Crimson Icemen, 4-3 | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

Spinks's reputation for lax training habits dates back to his amateur days and indeed on Wednesday morning he brunched on scrambled eggs and beer. "He was the big daddy of the team and everybody had a lot of respect for him." recalls DiNicola. "He was a crazy type of guy. I remember him getting up at 2:30 in the morning and doing his roadwork. He did have erratic training habits but he was generally in shape when fights came around...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: 'He Carried the Banner' | 2/17/1978 | See Source »

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