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...moving along a highway past a black iron gate, and security men range amid the cactus, chattering into walkie-talkies. There is a sign that says GOLDEN ERA STUDIOS. The only visible reminder of the former presence is a bronze plaque on a replica of a ship's deck. It is dedicated to "L. Ron Hubbard, master mariner...
...play blackjack, manipulate text, juggle figures? Once the task is clearly defined, the programmer lays out a step-by-step procedure for executing that task. Think of these procedures as roughly akin to cookbook recipes. The recipe for playing blackjack, for example, might go something like this: "Get a deck of cards. Shuffle the cards. Deal two cards to each player. Ask the first player if he wants another card. Did the face value of that third card put his total over 21? If not, ask if he wants another card...
...earlier this month. In the first, Fasi's absence due to an injury was a big factor in MIT's 11-7 upset win. In the rematch, he was an offensive catalyst in a 25-14 Harvard rout. In contrast, according to Pike. Guerra is the one on the deck who keeps everyone loose before practice--as in a pre-game warmup when he helped the team get psyched for a game with Notre Dame by leading a rendition of the Irish fight song. (Harvard...
Nebraska, an acoustic bypass through the American heartland, sounds a little like a Library of Congress field recording made out behind some shutdown auto plant. Springsteen recorded these songs at home, on a four-track Teac tape deck, and meant them to be demos for material he could do with the E Street Band. But the songs seemed to stand best on their own, unadorned, and that is the way they appear in the album, with just a minimum of technical refinement. Beginning with the title track, a bone chiller about Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate, the ten songs...
...Jahn's winning landmark tapers to a large pinnacle topped by a spire. The corners surge to the top in five stepped leaps. The pinnacle will contain an observation deck and a rooftop restaurant. The building, turned 45° on its square site, has four lOO-ft.-high corner entrances that lead to a ten-story shopping and festival arcade...