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...jackboot stamping on a Polish flag, representing the crushing of Solidarity in 1981, to a basketball hovering over a hockey puck for a cover story last March on Larry Bird and Wayne Gretzky. Stories about the 1984 presidential campaign had their own symbol, the figure 84 with a donkey in one loop of the 8 and an elephant in the other...
Living up to his advance billing was not easy. "They seemed to think I could win on a donkey," he recalls. Although he did win his first race, his performance soon fell behind the pace of his publicity. There were rumors of a "Get the Kid" campaign by established jockeys. Moreover, Cauthen had to become accustomed to the English racing scene, which is, by some standards, a bit eccentric. "In America all of the race courses are flat, lefthanded, about a mile around and usually dirt," notes Cauthen. In England, "they are just where they laid them out 200 years...
...vote for Mondale or Hart, Jackson tells voters, means "getting off a Republican elephant and onto a Democratic donkey going in the same direction, just a little slower. We need a new direction. It is better to lose an election going in the right direction than win going in the wrong direction." Some blacks carry that logic to its literal conclusion. Asked if she feared that a vote for Jackson would actually help Reagan, Chicago Secretary Selestine Humphrey answered, "I don't want to see Reagan back, but if that's the price black people have...
...most dangerous potential threat to American software manufacturers, surprisingly, has not materialized. While the Japanese are making initial forays into the hardware side of personal computers in the U.S., the only major Japanese software export hits have been games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Concedes Hisao Ishihara, managing director of the Japan Software Industry Association in Tokyo, which represents nearly 200 companies: "The number and variety of Japanese products are indeed behind American ones, and our industry will
...Playing Donkey Kong, one researcher observed. "Oh, the balls can roll off the end--what is this, just a random number thing?" "I don't know." his fellow researcher replied. "I try to save the hammers so I'll have them when I need them," he added...