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...base. There would clearly be no play but Thompson interpreted his coach's agitation to mean that drastic action was necessary. He lowered his shoulder and headed directly for Silverstein, who was jumping up and down, his back to the action screaming for the throw from a non-existent back...
...Manufacturers, of course, have tried to prevent this, usually by scrambling the information in such a way that a straightforward reading of the disc will either generate garbage or erase the program. One way around that is a burglary tool called Locksmith. Designed to permit computer owners to make back-up copies of their store-bought discs, the $100 program also can pick open most software written for the Apple. Says the Needham pirate: "If you have Locksmith, you can copy a game in five minutes...
...helicopters-one for Reagan, one for the press, and two in case the others broke down. There were spare parts, of course, and even two fire engines flown from the U.S. to stand by at the airport as Reagan landed. Air Force One was followed, as always, by a back-up jet and a press plane. On a trip like the one to Barbados, 150 Air Force and other personnel go along to fly, drive, fix and guard Reagan's vehicles...
...were ferrying Ronald Reagan's party around the Caribbean; one was hauling junketing Congressmen to the Middle East and Africa; one was slated to take other Congressmen and their wives to the Caribbean area, and the fifth was down for repairs. So Haig was assigned to a back-up C-135B, a converted tanker plane with no windows...
...blond performer from Valsjöbyn (pop. 150), Sweden, dispelled it last week when she returned to her homeland for her Swedish debut. Ann-Margret relied on a hip-grinding medley of contemporary rock favorites and old-fashioned Las Vegas showmanship, unpackaging an act containing seven male dancers, three back-up singers, a 26-piece orchestra and six costume changes. The singer also threw in some vintage hokum when she joked with the audience in a Swedish dialect. "It makes this girl a little nervous to come to the big city," said Ann-Margret, who left for the U.S. when...