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Well, do we need the ballast of expert opinions and attributions to inform and justify our tastes in art or literature or music or--in the late 20th century--in all the electronic entertainment available at the push of a remote-control button? The snap answer is, hell no, we don't. But that is not really true. Aesthetics, for all the millions of words that have been written on the subject, remains an inexact science. We cannot say why a painting once supposed to be by Rembrandt loses face when its connection with the master is disputed or disproved...
Such stars as Bruce Jenner, Dick Button, Matt Biondi, Evelyn Ashford, Dan Jansen, Dorothy Hamill and Jim Craig will gather in Atlanta to commemorate the Centennial games. They will also enjoy special seating at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies as well as complementary Olympic event tickets...
...Disney characters, who don't make a tabloid spectacle of their eating disorders and ski trips. Certain Disney characters speak only in the movies, where they follow the script; when they are sent out in public at the theme parks, they are as mute as Harpo Marx. A mute button would be the best thing to happen to the monarchy since Oliver Cromwell...
Netscape's Andreessen took Microsoft's entry as a challenge. "When there's battle between a bear and an alligator," he says, "what determines the victor is the terrain. Microsoft just moved into our terrain." Microsoft shrugs off such talk as bravado. "Java support is like a belly button," says Roger Heinen, vice president of Microsoft's software-developer division. "Everybody's going to have...
Halfway down a corridor, Becky suddenly heard "the voice," an irritating robotic message transmitted from the suitcase to a wireless, button-sized beige receiver in her ear. "Gamma alarm four," the voice droned. That was a strong radiation signal. She glanced left at the room number on the next door and subtracted three from it. The detector's microcomputer takes several seconds to analyze the radiation and calculate its strength, so the room three doors behind her must have been the one actually giving off gamma rays...