Word: videos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Silicon Valley's microchipped wonder companies, Atari was one of the earliest and most colorful. It gave birth to the video-game industry and churned out amusements like Pong, Asteroids and the home version of Pac-Man. It saw its sales explode from $30 million in 1976 to a peak of $2 billion in 1982. It spun off famous employee alumni, like Steven Jobs, co-founder and chairman of Apple Computer. Physically, it spread to 49 buildings around Sunnyvale, Calif. But its fall came even faster, as a fickle public cooled to its video games. Losses hit $539 million...
...Angeles - the committee has erected three concentric rings of eight-foot-high mesh fence. The middle one is wired with intrusion-detection devices, installed by the Pentagon, that sends out an alarm when a potential terrorist (or late-night reveler) approaches. The precautions cover a wide range: nine video-arcade games in Fluor Tower at U.S.C. will be removed to prevent terrorists or pranksters from hot-wiring an explosion...
...month. Others juggle their money from one account to another to avoid the costly bank charges. The inflationary cycle is self-perpetuating, since there is no incentive to save. Thus, instead of tightening their belts, Israelis have gone on a buying binge: last year they purchased record numbers of video recorders, automobiles and washing machines...
...than one way to make lemonade - sometimes sweet, sometimes astringent, always bracing. Organ transplants? In the bizarre courtroom drama of the title piece, the author's vital parts try to protect themselves against being traded to another body by demanding the right to bargain as free agents. The video-electronic revolution...
Hall will supervise a staff of about 175 at locations throughout the University, including the Holyoke Center equipment management and word processing offices, the Cruft Laboratory video services, and the Mount Auburn St. computer store and telephone offices...