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...some element of error or unpredictability. Without those most human of qualities, these face-offs are reduced to mechanical skirmishes that lack any sense of the drama and profundity that are the essence of all great achievements. Speed skating without Dan Jansen's disastrous fall or baseball without Fred Merkle's classic boner are barely worth watching. The passion to create Deep Blue can only be explained as part of our society's continuing struggle with the technological revolution of this century. We tend to trust machines more than people, allowing the former's efficiency to dwarf and overshadow...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Computer Chess Is Just Not Real | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...bosses of these geniuses were, for the most part, miserly dolts who never tested positive for a sense of humor. Fred Quimby, boss of the mgm staff, disliked Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera's first Tom 'n' Jerry cartoon so much he forbade them to make any other cat-and-mouse films--until exhibitors demanded more Tom 'n' Jerrys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARTOONS ARE NO LAUGHING MATTER | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...that includes the Rainbow Pool, the agreed-upon site for the memorial, needs a structure to enhance it. The four panels that reviewed design submissions selected, independently and unanimously, Friedrich St. Florian's design as the most appropriate for the site and for the significance of World War II. FRED F. WOERNER General, U.S.A. (ret.); Chairman The National Battle Monuments Commission Washington

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 12, 1997 | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...nominations. And far from showcasing a new generation of downtown talents, like Rent's Jonathan Larson or Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk's Savion Glover, this season could pass for a Friars Club reunion of old Broadway tunesmiths, with Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity), John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret), Maury Yeston (Nine) and Leslie Bricusse (Stop the World--I Want to Get Off) all back on the boards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRING IN 'DA TUNESMITHS | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

...CANDIDATE] FRED THOMPSON TENNESSEE SENATOR [SIGN OF RUNNING] His $6.5 million request to investigate 1996 campaign abuses [PLAUSIBILITY FACTOR] No longer a jinx against movie stars in the White House [WANTS TO REMIND US OF:] John Wayne [ACTUALLY REMINDS US OF:] That guy in The Hunt for Red October

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

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