Personal computer Christmas sights seen in 1982
Microcomputer merchants label Christmas 1982 as the personal computer season. Buyers should note high total costs above 1000 dollars, time to learn use, limited storage, and the need to budget for software, supplies, and peripherals plus possible maintenance contracts.
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Paul Richter
Los Angeles Times
McWilliams
Daniel D. McCracken
New York
Datamation
Do it yourself griping in new consumer handbook
Federal consumer affairs leaders urge a DIY shift in handling complaints with a new Consumer Resource Handbook. The edition aims to empower consumers by listing services, bureaus, contacts, state offices, and trade associations by topic and state, available free upon request.
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Washington
Consumer Resource Handbook
U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
Consumer Office
Better Business Bureaus
Language shaping reality and gender bias in English
Psychologist Mary Crawford cites cultural rules in English that favor masculine terms and bodies of evidence show readers interpret pronouns literally. Studies with children reveal the default use of he implies male, affecting gender roles and self confidence from first grade onward.
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Mary Crawford
West Chester
State College
Crawford
Janet Shibley Hyde
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
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