Word: contention
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first practical means to print photos on a newspaper page, called the halftone process, did not come into widespread use until the 1890s. Until then, most readers had to content themselves with engravings copied from photographs. Meanwhile, the bulky camera gear of the 19th century hardly lent itself to instant coverage. In the cumbersome wet-plate process, which became the norm in the mid-1850s, pictures were formed on a sheet of glass that had to be coated with an emulsion just before the exposure, then developed at once. Action shots were ruled out by the lengthy exposure times, several...
Sober analysts and perhaps Wall Street investors may be disturbed by Washington's status quo politics, but most Americans remain in a cautious, conservative mood. They seem even more detached than usual from combat in the nation's capital and content with George Bush's bland stewardship. A TIME/CNN poll last week demonstrated that Bush and the Republican Party have prospered dramatically in this atmosphere...
Using the new knowledge of the microcosm -- the invisible region populated by protons, electrons and other subatomic particles -- computer-chip manufacturers have been able to pack more and more information (and value) onto slivers of silicon whose material content represents less than 1% of their total expense. As chips are incorporated into everything from furnaces to cars, the value of these products resides increasingly in the "intelligence" stored in their electronic components. In the future, industrial might will depend less on mass production and more on the creative use of information technology. Gilder calls this phenomenon the "overthrow of matter...
...Women Vs. Men" is another intriguing cut that, despite its content about fighting and misunderstanding, is remarkably seductive. The bolero style of the drums and and woodwinds lends a tango-like aura to the lyrics: "She had psychic defenses/He had animal dreams/They moved closer together/He said let's make a deal...
...curator said he worked extensively with anthropologists, archaeologists, historians and Hopi and Sioux Indians on the content and presentation of the exhibit...