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Word: computerize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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Companies that had thrived by borrowing and expanding recklessly simply collapsed. Several franchising chains took a clobbering, including International Industries' House of Pancakes, Joe Namath's Broadway Joe's and Minnie Pearl's Chicken System. So did computer software firms and rickety conglomerates. Flamboyant, fast-talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: 1970: The Year of the Hangover | 12/28/1970 | See Source »

>Sincere apologies to a charming lady. Our computer slipped.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 14, 1970 | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

Sir: Your article strikes a Scot as simply frightening. Why don't you Americans stick to what you do superlatively well? The high-quality superfinish garment, the first-class typewriter, the top computer equipment-all the reliable merchandise that the man in the street in Europe knows he can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 14, 1970 | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

Leonardo DaVinci designed plans for a man-powered aircraft that never got off the ground. Now, nearly 500 years later and with the help of computer technology, a Tufts engineering student has completed a design for a self-propelled plane that he believes will successfully fly.

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: Man-Powered Airplane Designed | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

The pilot in Mead's plane will operate a "pusher" propeller behind him by a pedaling mechanism made out of bicycle parts. Computer studies have convinced Mead that he needs 0,26 horsepower of continuous power to fly a level course at 18 miles per hour, with slightly more power...

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: Man-Powered Airplane Designed | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

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