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...believe I cried," said one theatregoer on her way out the door. I must have played the tape a million times and I still cried at the end. "This is another tradition, Even after seeing Fiddler a million times. You have to get a sort of quivery feeling in the pit of your stomach everytime the family loads its belonging into Tevye's milk cart and leaves Anatevka forever. And after such a time production the tears well up fairly early for the poignant leave taking scene...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Ah, Tradition | 4/24/1984 | See Source »

Hands-Off Bill is the brainchild of Lloyd Martin, 42, an ex-policeman who headed the sexually-exploited-child unit of the Los Angeles police department. Using the voice of a small boy, Bill talks to children on a 30-minute audio tape constructed in the form of a radio show. The tape, along with a workbook, is sold for home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Message: Hands Off | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

...DEVELOPING any relationships, Hard To Hold approaches its plot as Springfield approaches his songs: taking a simple idea, dressing it up, and repeating it again and again. Evidently tired of kissing, Springfield assures his love, "I really, really, really care for you." Put it to a beat and tape the video, and Kasey Kason could call it Top 40 by next Sunday...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Hard to Handle | 4/17/1984 | See Source »

...software: applications programs, which keep the family budget, help with students' homework, play computer games or do financial planning. These programs usually come on a so-called floppy disc, a piece of plastic about the size of a 45-r.p.m. record. They can also be on magnetic tape or a silicon chip inside a cartridge. Sales of applications software for personal computers last year totaled $560 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wizard Inside The Machine | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...expensive, copying it has become popular. Some software companies put special codes into the programs to prevent illegal duplication, but the codes are frequently broken. When that happens, a copy can be made in a procedure that is not much more complicated than making a duplicate of a cassette tape. Successful copiers like to refer to themselves as "pirates." Complains William ("Trip") Hawkins, 30, founder and president of Electronic Arts, a San Mateo, Calif., firm selling entertainment software: "Calling people pirates is a lot more palatable than calling them what they are-thieves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wizard Inside The Machine | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

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