Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:19:31 -0500 From: Allan Metcalf Subject: WOTY 97: palmtop? The hot air is scarce cooled from our choices of Words of the Year 1996, but we might should begin collecting citations for 97. This is from the January 6 "Daily Report from Academe Today," that is, the Chronicle of Higher Education, summarizing a story in this week's issue: * "PALMTOPS": More medical schools are using small, hand-held computers to give students access to scientific and medical information as well as to data on patients. (Information Technology section)