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...hard to rein in once they've been loosed on the world. Is humankind mature enough to handle the possibilities of intelligent robots, self-replicating machines and virtual sex? Fantastic new opportunities are sure to come. The hard part will be deciding which ones to pursue and which to bypass...
...after a half-century of hustling and scratching, after no college and hard knocks, after working as everything from mail-room clerk to racetrack flack, after six marriages, one annulment and five divorces, after being arrested for grand larceny, after declaring bankruptcy, after suffering a heart attack and undergoing bypass surgery, after all this and more, Larry King has finally arrived. His weeknight shows on CNN and Mutual radio are watched and listened to by more than 4 million people. A King interview nudged Ross Perot into the presidential arena. Another caused Dan Quayle to ruminate on what he might...
...think he's a fascist," said Harmony Fusco '94. "He's completely trying to bypass the democratic process...
MacArthur never seems to grasp the full significance of what the Pentagon actually did during the war, which is equivalent to what Ross Perot is doing in peacetime. By using live TV to reach the public, generals and their overseers could bypass the reporting process, cut out the middlemen, and thus avoid tough questions and independent opinion. Once upon a time, the public counted on reporters to journey to war for them. Satellite TV lets the public believe it has taken that journey for itself...
...Congress, Perot promises to bypass it and go directly to the American people in the "electronic town hall" -- Nightline with President Perot playing Ted Koppel. It is here, says Perot, that the American people will, in direct communion with the leader, solve those knotty problems that have eluded a clumsy, corrupt Congress...