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...files is gained with a computer password, actually a number code. Last week TRW officials confirmed that an account password had been filched from one of its creditor subscribers, a West Coast Sears store. It was then posted on so-called electronic bulletin boards, which almost any computer enthusiast can hook into through phone lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: Case of the Missing Password | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

Robert M. Kuhn, a graduate student in mathematics, and Darey Devney, a local Anachronism Society enthusiast, organized the noon to 5 p.m. event...

Author: By Jonathan N. Brachman, | Title: Medieval Festival in Mem Hall Draws Middle Ages Enthusiasts | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

Spinal Tap is not a med-school training film, not a slasher movie set in a clinic, not the latest permutation of break dancing. Spinal Tap is, in the words of one enthusiast, "the world's loudest and stupidest heavy-metal band." Formed in the early '60s by Londoners Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins, the group has weathered two decades of inframusical turbulence by mirroring, and milking just about every dead-end trend in rock 'n' roll. After flirting with the transcendelic movement (Listen to the Flower People), Spinal Tap went heavy-metal, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cold Metal | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

DIED. Gardner D. Stout, 80, investment banker and president emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City; in Stamford, Conn. A wildlife enthusiast, he raised about $25 million for the institution and opened four notable exhibition halls during his tenure as unsalaried president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 30, 1984 | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...jets, piloted an F16, an F-15 and an F18, danced into the small hours at a local disco, and returned in the morning to fly the prototype of a B-1 bomber. He is an avid wild-game hunter ( he decorates his office with his kills) , a motorcycle enthusiast, an expert skier and an amateur rodeo rider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life with Paul and Billy Bob | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

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