Word: units
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...returns on a "unit" CRF is determined annually according to the investment's fair-market value, Brown said, while the interest on an "annuity" CRF is permanently established when the fund is started. In the second case, Harvard absorbs any profit or loss...
...Dynamic Cloud Modeling" set the pulse racing. Yet there are many striking and subtly disconcerting papers tacked away in the stacks. For example, how did Rand researchers get the extensive bibliographical data they included in a profile done in the late '60s of an elite six-man Vietcong guerilla unit fighting in the Mekong Delta? The report doesn't say, but it does outline each man's background, psyche and personal beliefs. The extent of the researchers' knowledge is striking. Their ability to gather so much information on even presumably hostile people is disturbing...
...first line of Kelly, Maneikis, and Mangano also played very well. Each recorded a goal as well as carrying most of the load for a freshmen team that generally plays only two lines. Credit, too, must go to coach Bob Carr for molding the small group into a cohesive unit...
...tennis, the basic game, there is a dotted net, a white ball and oblong bars representing racquets on the screen. By twiddling their control knobs, players can drive, volley and angle shots without sweat or risk to tendon. Fast reflexes are demanded, however. As the game progresses, some units automatically speed up the ball; others allow the players to set the pace as well as select the length of game (from 2 to 20 minutes). The screen keeps score. Pong and other games emit an exultant plonk! or ping! when the player smites the ball (losers supply their own Nastase...
Some games have different aims. By inserting one cartridge into the sophisticated Fairchild unit, a player can become an Op artist, concocting complex traceries and Cheopsian constructions across the screen for hours on end. The unit can also make its own doodles. Fact (around $400), another system that uses cartridges to extend the range, may be a valuable teaching aid when it comes on the market next year. It flashes questions about history, science or literature onto the screen; they are answered by pressing multiple-choice buttons...