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...computer-controlled indulgence, this $2,000-a-night, 2,000-sq.-ft. hotel room, unveiled in June, is a temple to technological excess. Guests can draw a bath, close the drapes, dim the lights or crank up the stereo simply by speaking commands into the Cyber Suite's electronic "Butler in a Box." There's a fully wired wide-screen net TV for easy video conferencing and Web surfing, a new digital videodisc player that shows films in eight different languages and a headset for exploring the make-believe world of virtual reality. "Thirty years ago, we were the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techwatch: Jul. 15, 1996 | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...techno-thriller sci-fi, gay and lesbian sci-fi and even sci-fi erotica. Readership and authorship have broadened too: women now account for a third of the science-fiction audience, compared with just 10% in the '50s, and such writers as Ursula Le Guin and Octavia E. Butler (one of sci-fi's few African-American authors) are no longer considered invaders in a men's club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LITERATURE OF NERDS GOES MAINSTREAM | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...Savannah, Mark Reynolds, Hal Haenel, Courtney Becker-Dey and Lanee Butler lead an American contingent that hopes to continue the success of Barcelona, where the U.S. won nine medals, more than any other team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIEWER'S GUIDE | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...because it is not nature." --The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE JUST WENT TOO FAR | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...course, Reinhard's accomplishments on the softball diamond tend to overshadow a solid basketball career. A role player behind such talents as Tammy Butler '95, senior Elizabeth Proudfit and sophomore Allison Feaster, Reinhard was nevertheless twice named Harvard's Defensive Player of the Year and led the Crimson in three-point shooting during her senior season. In the final game of her basketball career, Reinhard drained five of Harvard's record-setting 16 three-pointers to finish the contest with 15 points...

Author: By Ethan G. Drogin, | Title: Two Sports, One Athlete | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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