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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...equipment--most of which was built when the pulley was the hot new invention and steel existed only in science fiction--fits snugly into three rooms of the building's hot and stuffy basement. The machines are as inadequate in number as they are in quality; users often must wait in line to use the MAC's two bench presses and meager selection of free weights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAC Remains an Embarrasment | 11/6/1997 | See Source »

...only adequate pieces of machinery in the MAC are its treadmills and Stairmasters which were recently given to the University by an anonymous donor. But the administration should not wait for donors to bring the MAC into the 20th century as the rest of the world moves into the 21st; donations for athletic facilities almost always go toward specific sports programs rather than to the student body as a whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAC Remains an Embarrasment | 11/6/1997 | See Source »

BALTIMORE: Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson is the AL Manager of the Year. No, wait. Make that ex-Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson, who resigned just hours before the vote. "If you're not wanted, do you want to take the money?" Johnson said. "Life is too short. I'll survive. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Veni, Vidi, Quitti | 11/5/1997 | See Source »

...recent developments in speech recognition mean we don't have to wait for the 23rd century before we can chat with our PCs. Thanks to several new software packages, you can start to put aside your keyboard at last...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: Is Voice Recognition Possible? | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...hated the idea of a V chip in your television, wait until you hear that the government wants to install one in your computer. TIME has learned that the FCC has proposed that new PCs be outfitted with a V chip to filter out video violence and sex. Still unclear is what Net broadcasts could be affected. The idea alarms free-speech advocates, who wonder why Americans need a Net-nanny. "What you get is a devolution of the First Amendment," argues lawyer Bob Corn-Revere. FCC chairman REED HUNDT says the high-tech industry can "be part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYBERSPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

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