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Some restaurants now pass out beepers so that people waiting for tables can go for a walk. Others feature airline-style lights on tables; when customers want service, they flick them on. Look out for a speaker in the booth: "Hi, I'm Randy, your waiter. Here are today's specials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin: Apr. 6, 1992 | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

...this is the blueprint for today's Hollywood sci-fi flick. And in one sense, Freejack, which follows this now-formulaic pattern for a sci-fi movie, is a victim of bad timing. Nevertheless, looked at by itself it is a still a poorly crafted film...

Author: By Rita L. Berardino, | Title: Take a Familiar Stew and Add Anthony Hopkins | 2/6/1992 | See Source »

...other end of the computer spectrum were the new clipboard-style models designed to be operated with the flick of a pen. Why fumble with a keyboard or an electronic mouse when you can point and draw directly on your computer screen? The machines can even be taught to read your handwriting, provided you ever learn to make that scrawl legible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: Science | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...productions of The Indian Wants the Bronx and Fool for Love have been jointly billed as "Cowboys and Indians," but add up to more than a Western flick. Both plays examine people who are trapped--Israel Horovitz's Indian depicts aimless juvenile delinquents who feel cornered by society, while Sam Shepard's Fool for Love examines lovers who cannot escape their incestuous relationship...

Author: By Deborah Wexler, | Title: Much More Than a Western Flick | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

Harvard closed out regulation with two near misses. One corner shot rang off the post and a Fowler flick just barely glanced off Orpen's out-stretched stick...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, | Title: Stickwomen Play to 2-2 Tie | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

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