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Last October, Eastman Kodak introduced still another format: an 8-mm video camcorder whose 30-, 60-or 90-minute videotapes are roughly the same size as a standard audio cassette. The 8-mm format is as light as other camcorders, is easy to use and can be attached to a tuner to record television programs. Kodak is clearly banking on acceptance of its format as a third home-video alternative...
...apartheid regieme amounts to only 2 percent of its endowment, a tiny fraction compared to the 19 percent of Harvard's $2.3 billion endowment. Radcliffe Treasurer Louis Morrell estimates that Radcliffe has a total of $1 million invested in companies operating in South Africa, including Baxter Travenol, Eastman Kodak, and Schlumberger...
...involving a pastor who had been told by a husband and wife that the husband had sexually abused their child. The pastor was torn. He was concerned about the child, but he also said, 'My God, this is their first cry for help ever.' " The Rev. Charles Eastman, head of Miami's United Protestant Appeal, well understands both sides. When running a church day care center, he turned in parents whom he suspected of child abuse. But, he says, "never have I, nor will I, violate a confidence of someone who seeks counseling...
...Eastman's position draws upon a firmly based heritage. The protection of the clergy-penitent relationship rests on "one of the more basic privileges," says Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller-as strong or stronger than the similar claims to confidentiality between lawyer and client or doctor and patient. The Fourth Lateran Council of A.D. 1215 formalized the already long-established clerical discipline of absolute secrecy for discussions during sacramental confessions...
...prominent display in many stores this week will be a brand-new Eastman Kodak self-contained camera-video recorder, which uses narrow 8-mm tape. By Christmas the Kodavision unit will be joined by two more of the new generation of so-called camcorders: General Electric's Uni-Cam and a still-to-be-named Polaroid product. RCA has a system all ready to go, but is waiting to see how consumers respond...