Word: wristwatches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other force is Gear Freakery. This is almost exclusively a male obsession, perhaps because a lot of gear has vaguely military associations (guns, of course, are gear). A definition is elusive, but a wristwatch that just tells time is not gear. A wristwatch that also reads out altitude and barometric pressure is gear to make a grown man whimper. L.L. Bean sells one made by Casio...
...power everything from video games and fax machines to washing machines and guided missiles. Japan and the U.S. are locked in a global struggle to control future generations of powerful chips that will form the basis of such gee-whiz products as pocket supercomputers, 3-D interactive televisions and wristwatch telephones. If the computer-chip revival here can be sustained, says Fred Zieber, president of Pathfinder Research, "you could see the return of the MADE IN THE U.S.A. label on TVs, VCRs and telephones...
...wearing hiked-up khakis (so comfortable), a cream-colored print tie decorated with nuclear radiation symbols (too cool) and a woman's fire-engine red felt jacked (isn't it marvelous?) Little Lord Fauntleroy meets Little Red Riding Hood. His accessories for the day include a plastic Jetsons wristwatch, a pink fluorescent pen and, of course, his sleek mud-brown cigarettes. "It's all about accessories," Thomas insists. Definitely put that in your article...
...Gennes, 58, was honored for describing similarities in the behavior of molecules in a number of solids, ranging from superconductors to the liquid crystals used in pocket calculators and wristwatch displays...
...crash helmets, they also deck out their cycles with an ever growing array of mileage computers, ergonomically correct seats, gel-filled grips, rearview mirrors and other color-coordinated gadgetry. One hot new gizmo is a cyclist's heart monitor that transmits a continuous pulse readout to a special wristwatch...