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...theoretically run from the same computer. Lockheed last year concocted plans for a statewide information-retrieval system that would theoretically enable California to keep a Big Brother-like watch on its citizens; with the help of computerized data-storage units in various localities, officials in Sacramento could press a button to check up on local tax collections, highway repairs, personnel needs-eventually perhaps even alimony payments or political contributions. It may seem odd to laymen that space technology can be applied to such earthbound matters, but "systems management," the mastery of computerized complexity, remains the same in principle, whatever...
...general calls out a command. At his side, a "display specialist" punches one button, then another; his fingers race across his varicolored panel filled with the flashing lights of disaster (see oppo site page). An outline map of the North American continent is traced in light across a large screen. Near the top, along the rim of the Arctic Ocean, clusters of lights - signifying hostile missiles - begin to move perceptibly southward...
Sophomore Jeff Grate will replace George Neville in the backcourt, and 6-6 junior Lynn Bennion will start in place of John Scott at forward. The change isn't the result of any panic button pushing by Coach Floyd Wilson; both Grate and Bennion convincingly earned first-string berths last weekend...
Steve Shea led the Harvard epee team to a 7-2 victory, taking three bouts while allowing only five touches. Harry Jergesen clipped Trinity's Ken Button, 5 to 4, and Wilson Kury, 5 to 3. Crimson junior Takashi Iwasawa lost to Button, 5 to 2, but beat Pete Makson by the same score...
...walking distance of downtown, to which they can invite old friends for cocktails, or children and grandchildren for dinner. Unless they look hard, visitors do not even notice the necessary modifications-doors wide enough for wheelchairs, grab bars in the bathtub, raised electrical sockets (to save stooping), and panic buttons for emergencies. To the tenants, the best aspect of the new "sunset skyscrapers" is the assurance that the panic button will always bring prompt, professional aid. All the new buildings either have their own infirmaries and medical clinics or have special arrangements with a nearby hospital...