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...course, the fastest computer can't play good chess if the software lacks "intelligence." But more processing power certainly means a better chance for the machine to prevail...
...thought much about this dilemma back when AIDS was considered a disease of unmarried homosexual men. Now women are the fastest-growing segment of the AIDS population. From 1991 to 1992 the number of new cases among women jumped 10%, compared with 2.5% for men. Some of these women have husbands or boyfriends who are bisexual; others pick up the virus because they or their lovers are drug addicts who use contaminated needles. The majority have children...
Because of this, baseball has serious competition for the first time in its history. Over the last 12 years, the National Basketball Association has become the fastest growing professional sports league in the world. Under the leadership of its marketing guru, Gary Bettman, the NBA has grown from relative obscurity into a household acronym. The National Football League has also gained popularity, albeit coming from a stronger initial position...
...public figures we profile, will soon have the chance to do so through the magic of computer screens like the one above. On Sunday, Sept. 12, TIME will become the first newsmagazine to enter the interactive-network age, when it becomes available on America Online, the nation's fastest-growing provider of online services to households. For the price of an America Online subscription ($9.95 a month plus $3.50 an hour after the first five hours each month; phone 1-800-827-6364, extension 7758), computer users will receive the text of each new issue by 4 p.m. Sunday. Readers...
...Rancho, New Mexico, used a $114 million tax-incentive package to lure Intel into expanding its local semiconductor plant. The deal was the largest private investment in a U.S. city by a single firm this year. It means an additional 2,000 jobs in what is already the fastest-growing suburb in the U.S. In 1970 Rio Rancho's population was 2,000; last year...