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...weeks ago, Norris introduced a still more capacious computer, the 7600, billed once more as the world's biggest. It is a 10 ft. by 10 ft. fortress. Beneath the glass and walnut exterior are 1.8 mil lion transistors, 2.2 million resistors, about 30,000 male and 30,000 female connectors and millions of other parts. The machine works five times as swift ly as the older 6600 and sells for up to $15 million; Control Data already has five sales orders from U.S. Government agencies. Not surprisingly, the company did not want to run the risk that...
...playhouse needs is a moat, and it could pass for a medieval fortress. Yet it is not forbidding. The new home of Houston's 21-year-old Alley Theater is a child's idea of a castle-a genuine playhouse. The sandblasted concrete with its nine turreted towers glows like imprisoned sunlight; glass has succumbed to stone. And behind the facade, inner grace balances outer strength. The stairways are cascades of red-orange carpeting; the low ceilings are dimpled with lights embedded in them like flat moons, and the throwaway nooks and crannies have no function except...
...post in the U.S., was faced with the distinct prospect of political repudiation. The city's 2,000,000 Jews, once a cornerstone of his constituency, had turned cool and often hostile. Jeers greeted his name at synagogues; "hate mail" came into his office. City Hall became a fortress against an angry city, and Lindsay spent more and more time at Gracie Mansion, the city's elegant mayoral residence overlooking the East River. Only a short time ago, it had looked as if Lindsay could charm the whole city, which is about as charmproof...
...first glance, Mexico City's newest hotel, the $24 million Camino Real, looks like a fortress. To guests, including the International Olympic committeemen checking in last week, that might have been a reassuring thought while students battled the army. But nothing could have been farther from the mind of Architect Ricardo Legorreta when he designed the hotel. His aim had been simply to create an oasis of greenery and quiet in the center of a bustling, dusty city. "People are pushed and rushed too much," says Legorreta. "To me, one of the nicest things a hotel...
...SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Khartoum (1966). Cinerama spectacle of the 1884 Moslem siege of the British-held fortress at Khartoum...