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...Computer graphics mimics the manual methods and speeds up the process," he says The computer stores the model of the physical object itself and then can reconstruct any drawing from its won model...

Author: By Andrea Fastenberg, | Title: Painting by Numbers | 1/25/1984 | See Source »

There are those people in the world who object to against him and one cannon wholly blame them Agitation after all is unpleasant. It means that while you are going on peaceably and joyfully on your way some half-mud person insists upon saying things that you do not like to hear. They may be over but you do not like to hear them...it is not always pleasant to nice ears to hear a man ever coming with his dark facts and unpleasant conditions. Nevertheless it is the highest optimism to bring forward the dark side of any human...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: The Darker Side | 1/25/1984 | See Source »

They never complain. They never forget their lines. They have no agents or egos. They are composed of moving parts, but their parts are rarely moving. They are sex objects who do not object to being handled, symbols of power whose judgments go unquestioned, the most impersonal of actors in the most personal of media. They are the new stars of prime-time network television: machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Cars, Computers and Coptermania | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...control. "Are you kidding?" says a top State Department official, reflecting Washington's lack of enthusiasm for the idea. Agrees a White House aide: "One thing we won't do is appear to be marching alongside the Lebanese Army." The Syrians and Israelis apparently do not object to the plan, while two key Lebanese factions, the Christian Phalange and the Shi'ite Muslim group known as Amal, have tentatively pledged their support. But Druze Leader Walid Jumblatt, concerned about Lebanese soldiers entering his fief in the Chouf, said the arrangement was "not acceptable," which prompted another bout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking For a Way Out | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...economic dilemma is far from Bourguiba's only problem. Since 1956, when he played the leading role in winning Tunisia's independence from France, Bourguiba has ruled his nation without interruption, becoming the object of what amounts to a personality cult. Last week's riots, however, suggest that he cannot depend on such unquestioning adulation in the future. "The kids in the streets are too young to remember Bourguiba as the hero of independence," says a foreign analyst. "For them, he is the paramount symbol of the status quo, and they can curse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunisia: Bourguiba Lets Them Eat Bread | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

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