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...LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL Directed by George Roy Hill Screenplay by Loring Mandel
...every woman spent her time emboidering, especially during the turbulence of the Civil Wars. A certain Lady Bankes successfully defended Corfe Castle against a 500-man assault. Many women went to war with their husbands or disguised themselves as men. They were immortalized in ballads like "The Famous Woman Drummer." Suddenly, women began to show "courage above t heir...
Drinkers and musicians alike said yesterday they would miss the bar's special ambience. "As far as the atmosphere is concerned, it can't be replaced," said Skip Welch, a roadie for The Neats, a Cambridge band that appeared regularly at the club. Drummer Perry Hanley added that he was confident Simpkins would start a new bar in the area. "I have a lot of faith in the guy," he said...
Rock-'n'-Roll Drummer Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead takes one along on road trips, tapping out messages between performances. Space Shuttle Trainee Loren Acton has his along when he leaves Sunnyvale, Calif, for the Kennedy Space Center, using it to draft memos and read mail. New York Photographer Rick Smolan carries one on photo assignments, putting him in contact with cameramen all around the world. Physician Andrew Bern relies on his to get patient information in medical emergencies. Says Bern: "I don't go anywhere without it. Some day it will save lives...
What do doctor, drummer, photographer and astronaut have in common? None of them would leave home without his portable computer. Propped on knees and laps and fold-down trays, these marvels of miniaturization are turning up in the most familiar places: planes, buses, restaurants, at the track and on the campaign trail. Portable computers have shrunk in three years from the size of sewing machines to no bigger than a TV dinner, and in some circles they have become as ubiquitous as wristwatch calculators, headphone stereos and beepers. According to Dataquest, a California research firm, Americans this year will...