Indeed Pugh (1984) goes further, saying, "Development of reliable, high-speed ferrite core memories that could be mass-produced at low cost was probably the most important innovation that made stored-program computers a practical, commercial reality". It was Wang's concept that set this development in motion.
To introduce the scenarios, we offer brief outlines showing the key interventions (fictional but plausible) that set further developments in motion.
In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development set in motion a global movement to promote the reproductive health and rights of women, men and young people.
These developments set in motion a cumulative process of human population growth, landscape modification, and environmental changes visible in Holocene soil, pollen, faunal, and other records around the world.
As for the long term, Mr. Kriegel cited a report that listed developments set in motion because of the city's desire for the 2012 Games, unfulfilled though it was.
Would he consider setting them in motion as well?
She bought a pair, setting in motion the development of Odor-Eaters, which today earns the company close to $18 million annually.
Sir Horace Byatt, administrator of the captured territory and, from 1920 to 1924, first British governor and commander in chief of Tanganyika Territory (as it was then renamed), enforced a period of recuperation before new development plans were set in motion.
The quarter-final against Colombia on Thursday will be a real test of Argentinian schools of football, as José Pékerman's Colombia take on Jose Pékerman's Argentina, all in one way or another products of the youth development revolution he set in motion towards the end of last century.
The evolution of aerobic photosynthesis set in motion the development of an oxygen-rich atmosphere that dramatically transformed the chemistry of the Earth, imposing new challenges to evolving organisms also in terms of radiation-induced damage.
Seventy years ago in this quiet countryside setting, the "father of modern computing" Alan Turing helped to crack the Enigma code and set in motion developments which have brought us the technology we use today.
