TIME LINES
IBM
3 "T"s
HIT TV SHOWS IN OTHER WORDS
VIVA VIVALDI!
200
'"You may delay, but time will not", he wrote in "Poor Richard's Almanack"'
Benjamin Franklin
200
'Though it's gone beyond the corporate world, IBM stands for this'
International Business Machines
200
'A favorite of chefs, this type of chocolate contains at least 35% chocolate liquor'
bittersweet
200
'On HBO: "Those highest natural singing voices"'
The Sopranos
200
'Vivaldi was born in this city where his dad was a violinist at St. Mark's'
Venice
400
'This Marlowe title doctor asks the heavens to stand still "that time may cease and midnight never come"'
Faustus
400
'Originally an adding machine maker, in 1944 IBM made its first steps toward one of these with the Harvard Mark I'
a computer
400
'Try, make an effort, even a "vain" one'
attempt
400
'Since 2004, a Sunday night staple: "Needy domestic engineers"'
Desperate Housewives
400
'Vivaldi suffered from a lifelong strettezza di petto ("tightness of the chest"), thought to be bronchial this'
asthma
600
'Per Longfellow, "We can make our lives sublime /
And parting leave behind us /
footprints on" these'
the sands of time
600
'Making data transport easier, one of IBM's innovations was the creation of this "disk" in 1971'
floppy disk
600
'On "Mindfreak", Criss Angel escaped from 2 of these restrictive garments while dangling from a crane'
straitjacket
600
'A game show:
"Tinseltown Nerds"'
Hollywood Squares
600
'A redhead, Vivaldi was called il prete rosso, "the red" this (he'd been ordained in 1703)'
priest
800
'"The time has come", this character says, "to talk of many things"'
the Walrus
800
'IBM may have earned this colorful nickname from the conservative dress code imposed on its employees'
"Big Blue"
800
'From the white lining seen when it opens its jaws, the water moccasin is also called this'
cottonmouth
800
'A sitcom: "DeFazio plus Feeney"'
Laverne & Shirley
800
'In 1725 Vivaldi published this (Opus 8, Nos. 1-4), a cycle of violin concerti'
The Four Seasons
1000
'Andrew Marvell wrote, "At my back I always hear /
Time's winged" this transport "hurrying near"'
a chariot
1000
'It's the last name of father & son Thomas Sr. & Jr., who led IBM for more than 50 years'
Watson
1000
'It's the 18-letter term for a doctor who treats stomach & intestinal disorders'
gastroenterologist
1000
'A cop drama: "Those thoroughfares within a West Coast bay city"'
Streets of San Francisco
1000
'Vivaldi composed nearly 40 of these sung pieces, including "Amor, Hai Vinto" & "Perfidissimo Cor"'
cantatas
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