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...this inert fleck?still unfamiliar to the vast majority of Americans?has astonishing powers that are already transforming society. For the so-called miracle chip has a calculating capability equal to that of a room-size computer of only 25 years ago. Unlike the hulking Calibans of vacuum tubes and tangled wires from which it evolved, it is cheap, easy to mass produce, fast, infinitely versatile and convenient...
...these tests, the research team has constructed an elaborate 50-foot vacuum tank in which the mission can be simulated
...meetings. Last year, the committee did not release statements explaining its recommendations to the Harvard community until several weeks after the Corporation had accepted or rejected those recommendations. The committee has even refused to make public the votes by which it decides on its recommendations. By operating in a vacuum, the ACSR has gone out of its way to avoid actions that might be construed as putting pressure on the Harvard Corporation. Obviously, the committee's potential leverage with Harvard will develop only through an effort to command popular support for its recommendations...
...services to the neighborhoods, reduce tax abatements for businesses and fire unproductive political appointees. "Some people have said I'm going to take a broom and sweep out city hall," Kucinich said in his victory speech. "That's not true. I'm going to use a vacuum cleaner...
...Hugh Carey, then a Brooklyn Congressman, seemed a poor bet-he was virtually unknown. Last year Koch looked like an even worse prospect. But in each case Garth's analysis of polls showed that more prominent rivals had relatively little support. "That's a situation with a vacuum," says Garth. "You can move in with the right candidate...