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In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

But there is an instructional set of videotapes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

We spent hours on the phone, and he shared old videotapes and other materials.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

He resigned just as he was starting a third term and fled the country in disgrace after leaked videotapes showed his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing lawmakers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The answer is that when our unconscious engages in thin-slicing, what we are doing is an automated, accelerated unconscious version of what Gottman does with his videotapes and equations.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell