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...owes much of its appeal to Motorola's revolutionary handset. But a clone is an imitation, often a pale one. My instinct is that what Motorola started with the RAZR, other companies mean to finish. The CU500 - the first phone to tap into Cingular's new "High-Speed Downlink Packet Access" (HSDPA) network - is next in a stream of upcoming slim and powerful cell phones...
...President's--as if that will make a difference to anything. But this is a campaign that issues a press release saying, "Unrestricted video of President Clinton's 21st Century Express train trip can be found beginning at 16:30 EDT on Telstar 402, Transponder 9B (KU Band) Downlink frequency 11986 mHz, Audio 6.2/6.8." No image is left to chance, and the angst starts at the top. After the G.O.P. victory in 1994, says spokesman Mike McCurry, "I think basically the President has lived every day in fear of being fired...
...hours. To train its operatives, the Coalition runs leadership schools, instructing supporters to form rapid-response networks, connected by phone, fax and modem, in hundreds of counties, located in every state in the Union. They update their information on the third Tuesday of every month by attending satellite downlinks of "Christian Coalition Live," an hour of specific instruction on political organizing at which Reed himself plays host. The broadcasts feature target lists of lawmakers to contact regarding specific legislation. More than 200 conservative evangelical churches serve as the meeting places for these high-tech gatherings; the Coalition hopes to have...
Such meetings are not confined to the Bible Belt. Last month, for instance, 20 activists braved the rain to attend a showing at the Bethel Full Gospel Church in Rochester, New York, and that was just one of 12 downlink sites in what is supposed to be a liberal state. The meeting began when the county chairman, Tom Jessop, bowed his head and said, "Let's come together in prayer." But he moved quickly to such topics as how to become a Republican committeeman and how to "blitz E-mail." Indeed, the group was nothing like the Coalition members uncharitably...
When Chicago's new public library is completed in 1991, it will include a telecommunications hookup with all 86 branches, as well as a satellite downlink to draw programming from worldwide networks. Atlanta's public-library system operates its own channel on cable television, broadcasting literacy classes and interviews with authors. In Colorado more than 14,000 commuters a year find rides through a computerized information system run by the Pikes Peak Library District. And in Oregon the Salem Public Library lends audiovisual equipment and even personal computers. Welcome to the library of today...