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After spending more than 36 hours interpreting the computer code of the now infamous "Cornell virus," one of the nation's leading computer security experts is not convinced that the virus was the innocent experiment of a bored graduate student that it was originally thought to be.

Author: By Gregory R. Galperin, | Title: Computer Expert: Virus Not Just a Simple Prank | 11/8/1988 | See Source »

FALL has come, and the mosquitoes have started to die, but the time for bloodsucking has not yet passed. If you missed the itches and welts of summer, you can still get a tingle this weekend at the Leverett House Old Library. The experience will leave you bump-free, if...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Stage Fright | 11/4/1988 | See Source »

Lilah Krytsick (Sally Field) is discovered skulking into the kind of 24-hour diner that, in movies, betokens a Mafia presence. And sure enough, a disreputable little man is soon slipping her a mysterious packet. Dope? Money for laundering? No, jokes. As it turns out, terrible jokes. Jokes that produce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Knockdown Duel | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

It is curious that it should have taken so long. There was not even a full- scale biography of Degas until 1984, when Roy McMullen's Degas: His Life, Times & Work was published. Aspects of Degas's work -- mainly his ballet paintings from the 1880s -- have long been popular with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Seeing Degas As Never Before | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

Not too long ago, bored Soviet audiences found little of interest to watch but the evening news, an occasional "world of nature" documentary or the mildly spicy cabaret programs and quiz shows. Nor was late-night TV suitable for a working class that had to rise early to go out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Late Night With Alex And Dima | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

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