Word: super
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...patent appears to apply to all microprocessor chips and the millions of personal computers and other products (from pocket calculators to videocassette recorders) that depend on them. Industry executives by and large are keeping mum, but if Hyatt's patent is broadly interpreted by courts, it could make him super-rich. According to analysts, a standard nonexclusive licensing fee of 3% of the value of computer products sold would translate into a $210 million payment just for last year...
...quite natural. Hammer became a born-again Christian in 1982, and he's simple and sincere when he says, "I attribute all my success to a blessing from God." But the softening is also calculated. U Can't Touch This takes a strong riff from Rick James' 1981 Super Freak (co- writing credit acknowledged and royalties paid) and works all kinds of electronic mixing wizardry on it. That "sampling," as the business calls it, produces an up-to-date, eminently danceable sound...
...train ride is a visceral excursion into history. You can hear, if you listen carefully, the hiss of escaping steam, the chime of crystal goblets and the rustle of starched table linens. You can see, if you open your mind's eye, a lone Navajo saluting the Super Chief as it pulls into Albuquerque; buffalo racing alongside the Empire Builder in Montana. On board there are movie stars and Senators, Vanderbilts and Astors dining on fresh- caught trout...
Hold on to your wallets, Nintendo fans. Super Mario Bros. 4 is on the way. But it could be a mixed blessing for all those addicted to the Mario Bros. series of home-video games -- and a cash-register bonanza for the Japanese company that sells them. The new game (approximate cost: $50) will require different hardware: a one-megabit Super Family Computer (approximate cost: $165) to be unveiled in Japan this November. The machine will have stereo sound and the ability to display 32,768 color gradations, up from 52 in the old model. Eager customers should know that...
...annual support payments for his estranged wife Ivana and their three children. Exempted from the budget is Trump's fancy transportation, which is up for sale: his $30 million yacht, the 282-ft. Trump Princess (he says he wants $115 million for it); his $8 million, French-built Super Puma helicopter; and his $8 million personal...