Word: bosses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...establishes a good first impression," says Seymour Papert, 59, the gray-bearded, South African-born M.I.T. mathematician whose theoretical work in the arcane field of artificial intelligence led to Logo. "It convinces the child that he can master the machine. It lets him say, 'I'm the boss.' " Says Dr. Sylvia Weir, a pediatrician who works with the Educational Computing Group at M.I.T: "People have usually considered the stupid thing in the classroom the child. Now the stupid thing, as it were, is the computer. And the child is the teacher." Giving children this kind of control...
...campus Democratic Club meeting last week, members were also being wooed. Recruiters for Michael S. Dukakis, who is trying to recover the Bay State governor ship, as well as representatives of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 and Rep. Barney Frank '61 all showed up to sell students on their boss's campaign...
...famous singer. (For "artistic reasons," Hawkins has always refused to make records). And when a prostitute escaping from the "Caribbean Connection" (which seems to have something to do with white slavery and heroine) hides in Jules' knapsack a recorded confession revealing the identity of the gang's boss, he's in for a lot of unexpected late-night callers...
...gubernatorial races. Thereafter she will interview newsmakers on Today and ease into some coverage of her third consecutive presidential campaign. Sums up Woodruff: "I am hooked on Washington, but I have been pinned down at the White House. There is so much that I have not yet seen." Her boss, NBC News President Reuven Frank, agrees: "Judy will cover ideas and trends, not primarily spot news. The White House may be glamorous, but this is meatier." -By William A. Henry...
When asked to comment on the issues, most owners have demurred under threat of fine. Never known to cringe from league pressure, Los Angeles Raider Boss Al Davis unhesitatingly told the Washington Post: "The idea should not be to defeat the players. I see one owner [Klein] saying the season is over. . . and others talking about getting new players to play under the banner of the N.F.L. To my way of thinking, that's not the way to approach the problem. The players are the game. We own it, but they play it." Davis thought Commissioner Pete Rozelle should...