Word: programing
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...critics who counsel the abrupt abandonment of Reaganomics, some economists suggest a look at the alternatives. Says Walter Hoadley, former chief economist for the Bank of America and now a resident scholar at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, Calif.: "If the Administration backs away from its program under pressure, then the picture gets much worse. Inflation will take over America. Then there goes the dollar, interest rates, everything...
...seven members of TIME'S Board of Economists generally agreed that Reaganomics can work-that the program can curb inflation and revive business growth-if it is given enough time and if Congress implements the full program. Greenspan warned that the policy will not really be in place until lawmakers pass...
...beginning readers, the computer combines high technology with the tried-and-true game of Hangman. Called Raise the Flags, this program features a sprightly, beaked electronic being named George who introduces the alphabet and a series of flagpoles. "My job is to spell a word," writes George. "Your job is to guess it." George gives the player a category such as food or nature, the number of letters, and seven guesses. After the player hazards a letter, George ambles across the screen to the proper place, peers down, and then shakes his head yes or no. If yes, he raises...
Computer dialogue can be surprisingly Socratic. One program asks the child to think of an animal. "Does it live on land?" inquires the computer. "Yes," the child may reply. "Does it fly?" "No." "Is it a wild animal?" "Yes." "Is it a lion?" "No." The computer writes, "Type in the animal you were thinking of." The child spells out tiger. "I don't know the difference between a lion and a tiger," the computer responds. "Press Go to help me learn the difference." The screen flashes four possible descriptive sentences that the child must complete. "A tiger...
Whether the program will have the hoped-for impact remains to be seen. Get High on Yourself begins with a belief that youths take drugs mostly out of boredom and peer pressure, that there is nothing particularly seductive or pleasurable about the drugs themselves. Through decades, doctors, social workers and legislators have learned that the drug problem is complex and deeply rooted. Even Judge Broderick sounded as much wistful as hopeful when he urged Evans to seek "a breakthrough where others have failed." -By William A. Henry III. Reported by Martha Smilgis/Los Angeles