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...guile than God-given talent, posts the second best earned- run average in the American Association while gamely stifling his disappointment as many of his younger teammates are called up by the Montreal Expos. The Expos are not heartless: they want Fireovid to trade his glove for a clipboard as a minor-league pitching coach. But Fireovid cannot let go of his dream. As he admits in August, "Earlier in the season . . . I was positive I'd be retiring from baseball. Now I'm not so sure. I'm pitching as well or better than I ever have, and baseball...
...device is about the size and shape of a clipboard. In place of a keyboard and an electronic mouse, there is a large liquid-crystal screen and a small electronic stylus. Want to draft a note? Just write directly on the etched-glass screen as you would on a piece of paper; the writing is transformed into letters that appear as if by magic. Want to change a word? Just circle it. Want to cross out a sentence? Just scratch it out. Want to add a phrase? Just draw a little caret under the insertion point and start writing. Capitalizing...
...first company to build a clipboard computer, but earlier versions were limited in their uses. Grid, a division of Tandy, has sold 10,000 of its $2,370 GridPads to people who have to spend a lot of time filling out forms, including pharmacists, pollsters and bridge inspectors. Sony and Canon have been selling similar devices in Japan, and virtually every & other computer manufacturer is working...
Zayas leans out the window. "Hello, and how are you?" he says to one woman in a sheer blouse. He asks her for her first name, jots it down on his clipboard and hands her a number of alcohol packs so she can disinfect her skin before she shoots up, along with some condoms. "Be careful and make sure you use them, for everything," he warns. Condoms are the most popular giveaway, and many claim they always use them. Says Karen, 28, a spunky black woman with cropped hair, body-hugging white shorts and a loose-fitting...
...tone of dialogue is informal, conversational. The lyrics, though original, are often heavy-handed. Lines like, "Listen to me, please, stop looking at your clipboard," and "Please bring me a Coke" are sung in a style of opera rarely heard. The lines succeed in making this opera accessible. In glimpses of the performance, the audience senses the unique tenderness of the relationship between nurse and patient. In glimpses, we feel the fragility of life...