Computers invaded my life in 1985, when my mother, a master's student at UTEP, bought a RadioShack Tandy TRS-80 4P to pound out her thesis on the negative transfer of speech sounds from second to first language.

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Consumers have surprised me in their ability to consume and save at the same time, even though much of the saving is being supported by transfer payments and the national impact so far has been offset by the negative saving of the government.

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