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Foil and Epee Flash...
Slightly larger than a cigarette case, the new camera does everything but process film. It performs a split-second analysis of distance and brightness, sets the proper exposure, activates a flash if needed and advances the film while the flash recharges. The focal length is so short -12.5 mm - that everything from 4 ft. to infinity is in focus at all times, eliminating any need for a lens that turns and focuses. Two of the three new models can snap objects only 18 in. away...
Much technological wizardry went into the Disc. Unlike other consumer-oriented cameras that use optically undistinguished lenses, the Disc lens is made of four glass elements that Kodak claims are "close to theoretical perfection." The camera's electronics and flash systems are powered by a new lithium battery that lasts for 2,000 exposures, easily the life of the camera. Most revolutionary of all is the revolving film pack. The new cameras use a thin, 2½-in. -diameter plastic disc that is priced at $3.19. The disc slips into the camera's hatched back and is turned...
...Freshman flash Scott Fusco, who had been unable to find his scoring touch in recent weeks, took a pass from Greg Olson (one goal, two assists) his second goal of the night past Big Red netminder Brian Hayward. The shot was first Hayward faced in the overtime, while Big Red forwards had kept Wade Lau (fours saves in OT) hopping and flopping for the first three minutes of the extra period...
...side. Individuals begin drifting toward the spot, until about 16 Harvard, Yale and MIT students are huddling around the drawing. Groups of bleary-eyed visitors, sporting green sweatshirts, green pants and hangovers, openly gape at the ritual. As if on cue, the huddlers turn and flash their t-shirts, each displaying a yellow pig on the front, and the number 17 on the back...