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Pretty heady stuff for someone who in his New Haven, Conn., school was always the smallest, least noticed kid in the class. "I was a lousy athlete, not coordinated and socially pretty shy," MacCready says. To compensate, he turned to solitary hobbies, largely involving flying creatures and flight. He collected butterflies and moths, began assembling model airplanes from kits and soon was designing his own autogyros, helicopters and ornithopters. At 15, he was already winning national model-airplane contests. "At the time I wished that I could be a football hero and a smooth character," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAUL MACCREADY: He Gives Wings to Dreams | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

Then came the trip to the States to visit his brother, Tony, in Guilford, Conn. The trip was the starting point of the rest of his life--literally. After spending the summer painting houses ("As all high school students do," Knight says), Knight's uncle--his mother's brother--and his aunt invited him to stay with their family in Connecticut...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Breaking Away Off the Field, Around the Globe | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

Multiflow Computer Inc., Branford, Conn.: Aeneas was a major financial backer of the $35 million minisupercomputer firm--that is until March 26 of this year, when it closed. The surprise shutdown in a tight market left 160 people unemployed...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Cafes and Computers: Venture Capital, Harvard-Style | 5/4/1990 | See Source »

...insult to Dream Science to note that its plot, when summarized, sounds ludicrous: a series of improbabilities leading past the total destruction of Stamford, Conn. Thanks to Palmer's low-key narrative, the credibility is all in the telling. The focus remains on Poole, an ordinary soul subjected to extraordinary experiences. Everyone has had the feeling, at one time or another, that the world no longer makes sense. Poole has the proof. And what he must do to save himself, his loved ones, even the earth, proves riveting and unforgettable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: No Exit | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

...nightcap, Huskie hurler Sue Rybczmk didn't give up any hits to the listless Crimson bats. In fact, it was Rybczmk's hit--a beaning of another Harvard catcher, Liz Resnick--that spoiled her attempt for a perfect game in Storrs, Conn...

Author: By Mick Stern, | Title: Batswomen Scratch Out One Hit in Two Games | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

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