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Lotus 1-2-3 for IBM compatibles and Microsoft's Excel for the cuter personal computer's around campus are spreadsheet programs that allow users to crunch and compare numerous columns and rows of numbers are suitably mangled, they can be turned into snazzy graphs. IBM--compatible users will need a printer that can produce graphics, Mac users will find that the Imagewriter suffices...
...Happy Hacker, of Course, sometimes finds a need for more complex or for prettier graphs than Excel and 1-2-3 produce. For the Macintosh, Microsoft's Chart produces excellent charts, plots and graphs. It is much simpler than Excel to use, but its data manipulation capabilities are extremely limited. Excel and Chart are compatible with each other, however, and graphs produced with Chart can be sent to Excel for analysis just as Excel plots can be spruced up in Chart...
...February. The big blows alternate with periods of gentle breezes. The day after Conner won the challengers' finals two weeks ago, the wind dropped from 25 knots to 15. That was unfortunate for Stars & Stripes, which Conner has likened to a "fuel dragster" since it was specifically built to excel in winds above 18 knots. The more maneuverable Kookaburra was expected to gain an edge in lighter breezes. But that prediction too may not hold in the water. Subdued winds marked the boats' first confrontation, but did not help Kookaburra...
...arbitrager was born and reared in Detroit; his father was one of five Russian-immigrant brothers who operated a succession of popular delicatessens and restaurants in the city. Boesky was known from childhood for his intense desire to excel -- almost to the point of not knowing when to stop. Recalls Roger Boesky, a second cousin who attended the same prep school, Cranbrook, in suburban Detroit: "He had this capacity for single-mindedness. He drove himself mercilessly as far as exercise goes," performing hundreds of push-ups at a time...
...opposite end of the price scale, South Korea's Hyundai Excel has made a dazzling debut. The $4,995 subcompact has sold more than 130,000 units so far in 1986, a record for an imported auto's first year. Much less ; successful was the invasion of Yugoslavia's Yugo, a remodeled Fiat that sells for $3,990 and is billed as the cheapest new car in the U.S. The monthly Consumer Reports urged its readers to buy a good used car instead. So far in 1986, fewer than 28,000 Yugos have been sold...