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Priced at $9,995, the machine packs into a boxy, 50-lb. package most of the hardware advances of the past five years: a system that will store nearly 7 million words; a sophisticated "32-bit" microprocessor that is far more powerful than the eight-bit chip in its predecessor, the Apple II; and an ultrasharp video display that can show twice as much detail as a standard computer screen. But the key breakthrough is embodied in Lisa's software, the computer codes that make the machine much easier to operate than any other desktop computer. The operator simply...
...some time to come, this prototypical electric chair with the flip nickname ("Old Sparky") seems likely to remain nothing more than a grim curiosity. The state's new Governor, Mario Cuomo, promises to veto any capital-punishment statute the New York legislature passes, just as his predecessor did every chance...
...conference room with a cluster of other reporters, only to have an official dictate a statement announcing that the talks had adjourned for the day. That afternoon, House did some sightseeing and retired to her hotel to get ready to go out to dinner. The phone rang. Her predecessor on the diplomatic beat, at that time foreign editor in Cairo, wanted to know why Sadat had returned home so early when he was still supposed to be in Jerusalem. "The news came as a total surprise to me. But I got out of the tub in a hurry and onto...
...imported from France. Says Christian Coupechoux, the project director: "Sometimes we run out of beer and whisky, but we never run out of wine." Still, life is grim. Armed bandits, holdovers from the Sudan civil war of 1955-72, harass workers. Illness is rife; Coupe-choux's predecessor died early last year of malaria. Even more distressing are the unrelieved isolation, heat and monotony. Says Pierre Blanc, the project's technical director: "It's like living on an island, only worse...
Even if the lower chamber does not get to the bill before adjourning, another version will be introduced in the next session. Gov.-elect Michael S. Dukakis is considered more favorable towards the legislation than his predecessor...