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Moreover, the newest workstations contain microprocessor chips endowed with an advanced technology called RISC (reduced instruction-set computer). Because the instructions embedded in the circuitry of the streamlined chips are simpler and relatively few in number, they take less time to execute. The computers that have RISC chips are faster and more powerful than standard models. One result is that a workstation can produce graphics that are far more detailed than those generated by personal computers...
...tonality are lost," says Paul Ellison, chairman of the string department at the U.S.C. School of Music. "It's not coming from the soul of the artist, it's coming from the brain." Indeed, there are lots of switches and buttons to get used to, even on simpler keyboards...
...availability of new, cheaper models is likely to spur sales in business markets, but whether the technology will be attractive to the ordinary shutterbug is an open question. Proponents argue that still videos are simpler to store than slides or color prints and more easily edited than videotapes. The manufacturers envision video-generation consumers exchanging floppy disks by mail and giving video slide shows to friends and relatives. Says Sony's Hiroshi Yasuo: "We believe it will become a big business...
...sponsors of the Citizens Corps acknowledge that the proposal may need to be modified to meet political and practical objections. "But what makes this plan workable is the connection between benefits and service," argues Oklahoma Congressman Dave McCurdy. "If there is a simpler way to go to college that doesn't require service, it's human nature that people will take...
...newfound sense of masculinity, but his body, alas, remains an embarrassment. Where are those flauntable biceps and triceps? Earlier generations of frustrated youth sought salvation in Charles Atlas' body-building exercises or strenuous programs of pumping iron. Many of today's teens, however, are subscribing to an ominously simpler solution. Explains Dr. Robert Willix Jr. of Fort Lauderdale: "Before, the 97-lb. weakling on the beach turned to weight lifting. Now he turns to steroids...