Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they know nothing about. But that's not enough to explain why she has become such a lightning rod for criticism. Why is it that Arnold Schwarzenegger can hang out with Newt Gingrich and not take any hits? What Streisand is a victim of is her clout as the virtual ATM of Democratic politics. By simply and literally opening her mouth, she raised $1.5 million in one evening for six congressional candidates in 1986 (five won) and $1 million for Clinton in September 1992. It's much more seemly to be like Republicans, who are better at taking their money...
...next door. Cybersmith founder Marshall Smith, whose previous successes include Videosmith and Learningsmith, says he aims to "introduce people to new technology...in an atmosphere that isn't totally high tech" His store will offer three main services; access to the Internet, the latest in CD-ROM equipment and virtual reality encounters--all while sipping cappuccino and nibbling...
...dollar buys a six-month Cybersmith membership, complete can then buy time at a computer terminal--a virtual reality "experience" costs five dollars, with games and net exploration selling for 17 and a half cents per minute. All of this fancy gadgetry is housed in a sleek new space, complete with track lighting and shiny hardwood floors, with booths set up around computers. Customers can order a selection of coffee drinks, pastries and sandwiches from "Smitty's On-line Cafe," which stands in the center of the room...
AVOID, ORIGINALLY LA DISPARITION (1969), is a lipogram, an old trick dating as far back as 500 B.C. in which authors voluntarily submit to awful handicaps, arbitrarily abjuring crucial signs or symbols and making writing, always a hard task, a virtual impossibility. In A Void, this onus is particularly harsh. All consonants, from stalwart b to languishing z, can occur in normal fashion; but only a, i, o and u may fill out what is ordinarily a quorum of 26. "Huh?" you may gasp, "no ...?" Shhhh! Do not think or, God forbid, say it, at any cost...
...fact, many students and faculty do this with their "inboxes" (virtual mailboxes). Instead of archiving e-mail for future reference, some folks simply leave old e-mail in their inboxes. It is easy for e-mail users to let their inboxes grow arbitrarily large, since unlike a traditional mailbox, an inbox has no obvious physical constraints...