Word: visualization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) tutor John Lueders-Booth goes to work, he sometimes finds himself surrounded by thousands of motorcyclists...
...copy underneath this practically inexplicable visual reads "The Glenlivet. Just Slightly Out of Reach." The effect is to emphasize that this type of whiskey is too prestigious, too refined, for mere mortals who are puny and insignificant compared to the grandeur of Glenlivet whiskey. The allure of the unachieveable that the ad plays on is linked with the books that accompany the whiskey on the shelf. These books have an offputting, "artsy" exterior, not to mention that each title remarks on the diminishing stature of humans...
...other women elected to the society were Maureen McLane, a History and Literature concentrator in Currier House, Laura H. Heijn, a dual concentrator in English and Visual andEnvironmental Studies (VES) of Adams, and EastAsian Languages and Civilizations concentratorCarolyn L. Evans of Cabot...
...commands by which the machine can be made to do one's bidding. Conventional computers, including the industry-standard IBM PC, are controlled by entering commands letter by letter on the computer's typewriter-like keyboard. The Mac, by contrast, uses artful screen displays to create the visual illusion of a desktop littered with objects and documents that can be selected and manipulated with a "mouse," a handheld pointing device...
Apple's success with the Mac inspired a host of imitators who incorporated elements of the computer's visual display into their own systems. At the heart of the current dispute is Apple's charge that Microsoft, with a program called Windows 2.03, and Hewlett-Packard, with NewWave, took imitation beyond the point of flattery to copyright infringement. "The computer industry was created through the innovation of individuals," said Apple Chief Operating Officer Delbert Yocam. "It is critically important to the entire industry that innovation be protected from illegal copiers with the full force...