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Language
Endangered Speech
Popular Science, 7/97, © 1997 Popular Science
What is the logosphere, and what is happening to it?

Science
Magnet Puzzler
Science News Online, 7/5/97, © 1997 Science Service
How do you do it?

Arts/Technology
The Curse of QWERTY
Discover Magazine, 4/97, © 1997 The Walt Disney Company
When typists use QWERTY keyboards instead of Dvorak, they type half as fast, make twice as many errors, and move their fingers 20 times as far. Why is QWERTY still the standard?

Business/Economics
The Robin Hood of the Rich
Wired, 8/97, © 1997 Wired Magazine Group Inc.
... the best technology doesn't always win. Some textbook examples: the QWERTY keyboard, the VHS videocassette format--and Microsoft's Windows operating system. Who is Gary Reback, and what is his crusade?

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