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In the movie, a young, geeky computer whiz (played by the same young, geeky actor in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and other assorted teen fantasies) breaks into a secret Pentagon computer and almost sets off World War III. This cinematic experience ends with a glorification of individual creativity--in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sili-Con | 11/15/1988 | See Source »

Now the same experience is becoming available to the general public. Following the lead of Disneyland, which used four full-scale flight simulators in 1987 to create its wildly popular Star Tours ride, the biggest amusement parks are adapting state-of-the-art technology to do with computers what used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Into The Wild Blue (Digital) Yonder | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

Whatever their age, women with small tumors that have not invaded the lymph nodes have a 90% chance of surviving at least five years. As the disease spreads, however, the odds of survival drop sharply. Thus cancer experts agree that a woman's best hope for a cure, whatever her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mixed Messages on Mammograms | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

A Ferris wheel peeks over the roof into the stadium, and a roller coaster screams by third base. Though the infield grass is plastic, the place is handsome. "Almost too nice," says the pitcher Bret Saberhagen. "It doesn't feel like spring training." In the name of civic pride and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Place for Bright Starts | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

As the carnival's Ferris wheel operator, Redmond was questioned by police at the time, but eluded them after an arrest warrant was issued in 1952. Then in 1985 Trainer Borough Police Chief Hubert Morris revived the investigation. "I had heard about little Janie Althoff since I was a boy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pennsylvania: After 37 Years, An Arrest | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

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