Word: typists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Version 10 Deluxe ($50), but the truth is, my fingers ache after each lesson. In my mind I know this is a good product, but learning to type properly is hard work. Still, Mavis' perky comments like, "Look out, world, here comes a great typist!" are reassuring--especially when I'm typing 15 words a minute. And the program adapts its lessons to tackle weak spots--in my case anything not on the home row. For a break, kids can play games like Far-off Adventure, in which typing in rhythm with accompanying music keeps...
...Kemple says catching and correcting errorsposed an even greater challenge than the timeconstraint. Although Eraseable Bond paper alloweda typist to erase an error with a pencil eraser,the process of fixing typos was nonethelessdifficult...
Even with the ability to erase, AssociateDirector of the Office of Career Services Susan M.Vacca '76 says excessive mistakes meant a lot ofwasted time. To avoid such squandered effort, shesays the typist had to plan well, especially inanticipating footnotes that required specificplacement...
Shine May Hung '98 says she has alreadyreturned to Lamont Library to use one of thefacility's two public typewriters. Hung, who isapplying to graduate schools, says the combinationof the machine's prehistoric feeling and Lamont'ssterile 2nd floor typing room offer the typist sunique experience...
Those elements are present in Spielberg's film. The eight questing men here include a rebel (Edward Burns), an omnicompetent sergeant (Tom Sizemore) and, most important, Upham, an intellectual clerk-typist (Jeremy Davies), who learns more about himself than he will ever be able to confess in the book he wants to write. "He was me in the movie," says Spielberg. "That's how I would have been...