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...bearing down on you? Filmmaker George Lucas and his soundmeister Tomlinson Holman claim that such aural thrills can be provided by their new home sound system, called THX. Holman, an audio-design engineer who created the THX (Tomlinson Holman Experiment) system widely used in theaters, has crafted a six-speaker home version that provides distortion-free sound at high volume and gives listeners the impression that the sound is surrounding them. The system will play standard videotapes and videodiscs as well as specially enhanced products...
Some of the connections may not be so appealing to everyone. Creativity resists even the most creative definitions. "Trying to pin down creativity," as a speaker noted recently at one of the Hallmark card company's regular seminars, "is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall." When the corporate back is to the wall, however, a wild swing can be the best move. "Desperation is a good motive," says David Luther, senior vice president and corporate director of quality at Corning. "Customers came to us and said if we didn't change, they'd go somewhere else...
Durenberger's book arrangement was almost twice as remunerative as a similar scheme that contributed to the forced resignation of House speaker Jim Wright last year. After reaching the Senate limit on outside income from speeches, Durenberger in 1985 and 1986 made 113 additional appearances before groups that sent speaking fees to Piranha Press, the publisher of Durenberger's books, Neither Madmen nor Messiahs and Prescription for Change. Piranha then paid the Senator for "promoting" the books, although investigators found he rarely mentioned them in his talks, nor were copies available for sale. Wright, who also sought to circumvent limits...
According to overseer Frances FitzGerald '62, Kohl was chosen early in the fall by the overseers committee responsible for the selection of a Commencement speaker...
According to Overseer Peter H. Wood '64, the normally secretive and smooth process of choosing the Commencement speaker was somewhat rockier this year. Not all the Board members, Wood says, supported the choice of Kohl, whom Wood called a "right-wing European...