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Department chairman and yachting aficionado David Mumford seemed to be most excited about the whole affair, saying the four Aussies were a "patriotic bunch...
...taxis are also showing up in other Arab countries. Carbodies of Coventry, the British firm that produces about 2,500 of the cabs a month, has exported them to Kuwait and Lebanon. The classic vehicles also have admirers in the U.S., where some limousine companies operate them. Says one aficionado: "They're so ugly, it's almost romantic...
First among the horrors of indoor rowing are the ergometers, known to the aficionado as ergs. These, in two different configurations, measure an oarsman's strength by timing his effort against resistance. Teams use these mechanical nightmares throughout the year to gauge improvement and compare individual performances. They are an ongoing fact of crew, an unavoidable inconvenience...
Philip DeGuere is a television producer, a home-computer aficionado and a very brave man. Working with a Virginia-based computer data bank called the Source, DeGuere devised a way in which a Source subscriber can punch in a code and use his computer keyboard to sound off on the television program he is watching. Every man a critic! Bring back Lou Grant! "People want to talk back to their television sets," says the Source's Mike Rawl. DeGuere has already used his hookup for electronic feedback on Hill Street Blues and his own detective adventure, Simon & Simon...
Johnson continued to pursue interests outside sports, especially in music, which she describes as a "lifelong bobby." An aficionado of the flute who picked up the trombone "when my flute got stolen, because it made more noise," Johnson even managed to make a name for herself on the Harvard Band...