Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bear), are safest for the Democrats. After all, as much of FDR's heritage has been made untouchable as has been rejected; people cried "socialism" and "get government off our backs" when Social Security was first suggested, but no American politician would ever advocate an end to the program today. If the Democrats are determined to fight other battles, they should follow the lead of Mo Udall and others on the tax cut vote and make them honorable duels. Instead of trying to win on issues like the tax cut, when it would have been a win in name only...
...still too early to gauge the success of the kit, convictions were obtained in three early test cases in which it was used. Yet a lack of funds for the kits, which cost $5.25 each, may stop their national distribution. Much of the start-up money for the Illinois program came from the federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, which in 1980 became a victim of Washington budget cuts. The program has also lost its other original benefactor: the Playboy Foundation...
...final pressure point is the courtroom, where judges and juries have rarely imposed stiff punishment on these largely middleclass, otherwise law-abiding defendants. RID has now set up a program in New York called Court-watch to study each judge's treatment of drunk drivers. If the judges are not tough enough, they risk RID's opposition on Election Day. Aiken claims that her group was primarily responsible for defeating a judge whose 75% conviction rate seemed...
...recital, the Freni voice was heard in its full splendor, as tonally pure as ever, colored with a golden sheen but possessing that greater richness that comes with age to singers who have taken care of their voices. In a program of opera arias and art songs, this new texture enhanced what was already a remarkable instrument. Her impassioned performance of Tu che la vanità from Don Carlos showed that she can sing more demanding music with out forcing her tone or altering the quality of her voice...
After several days of intensive instruction (including homework), the campers choose their own computer project. Last week, for example, Peter Elliman, 12, was trying to design a program to analyze taxes for his mother, a Houston real estate agent. Halley Hupp, 13, of Newport Beach, Calif, said, "I want to make a C.S.I. [Computer System Instruction] program for teaching kids like us how to use some graphics and key words." Counselors give the youthful programmers high marks. Says Instructor Mitch Williams, 22, a computer-science graduate from the University of California at Santa Barbara: "I'm glad the kids...