Word: users
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Students also form deep friendships through the program Paul R. Johnson, a sophomore, reflects that "I'm not a fanatical user, but it's a handy way of talking to new and old friends "David Ariel Cohen, a junior whose sign on name is The Wizeard of Id," has been able to track down people he met who now are his companions to frequent late-night pizza party...
Xcalibur allows users at terminals from around campus and from as far away as Ursinus College in Pennsylvania to exchange messages Students nationwide utilize the program by obtaining a valid user number from the national Telenet computer system...
Students log on the system with code names, and nicknames conceal their true identity D B. Kay, a freshman at Dartmouth, feels that "the anonymity is the nice part of it because it protects a person's social reputation." A regular user, he further notes that one's personality plays a more crucial role than physical looks in influencing one's chance to meet others...
...also proposed to eliminate legal penalties for "victimless crimes," such as drug and alcohol user gambling and prostitution...
Short, who prefers casual jerseys to trench coats, began her undercover career 14 years ago, when she posed as a drug user or sometimes as a prostitute for the narcotics and vice divisions of the Buena Park, Calif., police department. She says her investigators are less expensive than her competitors' because she hires inexperienced young people and trains them herself. Business has been so good that Short is opening a new branch in San Bernardino, Calif., and even has visions of franchising her discount detective agency...