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Word: instructions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...principle behind batch files is fairly simple. Instead of typing in several commands from DOS, a user can instruct the computer to take its commands from a pre-arranged file. For example, when the Happy Hacker wants to use DBASE, he simply types in db at the A prompt. This instructs the computer to execute all of the commands in the file DB.BAT stored on disk. Upon looking at the Hacker's DB.BAT file, the IBM compatible then knows to do the following things. Load in Sidekick (a handy calculator/notepad utility), create a ramdisk, activate a print spooling utility, switch...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Making an IBM Compatible User Friendly is as Easy as BAT | 1/16/1987 | See Source »

...Life after Public Health school: A how-to-course that would instruct students on the best way to network yourself a health job after you graduate. Meets once a week, with a special field trip to the Harvard Club...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Boesky Protocals | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

...author always manages to find delectable Italian dishes and variations that seem new, and she can still entice the most indifferent reader to the kitchen. There, in the tradition of Julia Child and other thoughtful instructors, she will instruct how much of a dish can be made in advance, a great boon to anyone entertaining dinner guests. Among the many excellent recipes, a few that were irresistible in the testing were a risotto with squid, shrimp and clams, and a rosemary-and-sage-scented shoulder of veal, encrusted with bread crumbs and Parmesan after being braised. Pears simmered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: I Cook, Therefore I Am | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

Option A: Instruct each student's academic advisor to snicker audibly when signing his or her study card...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: The Lords of Discipline | 11/13/1986 | See Source »

...novel's simple plot concerns a return to the O-Zone with Theroux's version of Tom Swift as technical consultant. A group of entrepreneurs wants to construct an artificial mountain to change the region's climate. Fizzy is captured by aliens, Daniel Boone throwbacks, who instruct him in the manly arts of survival and replace his prejudices with a sense of pride and possibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Walking on the Wild Side O-Zone | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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