Word: graphics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Montogomery, however, fully inhabits the richer characterization of Jackson. His initially laid-back approach and wry humor conceal the psychic turmoil beneath his surface. Against Michael Anania's stark, hospital-green set. Montgomery delivers Jackson's graphic descriptions of horrific war scenes in a voice which goes flat whenever his emotions threaten to take over. His face becomes an artistic canvas, simultaneously evoking the moral desolation of a Hopper cityscape and the pain of a Munch woodcut. His continual taking of breathmints suggests that nothing can serve as a palliative for getting the horrible taste out of his heart...
Durbin believes his "thinking-man's racket" will become more popular once people are aware of its superiority over conventional rackets. So far, it hasn't produced a profit, even though "thinking men" have been forking over $210 for Durbin's graphic model in the eight months it's been on the market...
Princeton President William Bowan became the first college administrator to make the transition to the Durbin, while Harvard's President Bok has not acknowledged the Princeton professor's achievement. Bok succumbed to advanced tennis technology when he switched to the Prince Graphic, the first of the large-headed, large-sweetspot rackets, which has already been adopted by many top pros and whose retail cost is only slightly less prohibitive than the Durbin...
...operate than any other desktop computer. The operator simply takes the mouse in hand, and a little black arrow springs to life on the screen. That arrow can then be directed toward the postage stamp-size pictures lining the bottom of the screen. These are Lisa's "icons," graphic symbols representing such everyday objects as a trash can, a clipboard, file folders, a calculator, a battery-operated clock. By pointing the arrow at an icon and pressing the button on the mouse, the user triggers an action. He might use the trash can to discard the first draft...
...poetry in 19 years) leads the way. Perhaps the best-known serious woman novelist in the nation, she made the bestseller list last year with A Bloodsmoor Romance, a lengthy parody of 19th century genteel genre writing. Sample: "Having no capability, and, indeed, no desire, so far as graphic descriptions of 'love embraces' are concerned, I shall make no attempt to sketch for the repelled reader precisely how The Beast (sexual desire) emerged to make a loathsome mockery of the love declarations, kisses, caresses, and other amorous indulgences which transpired between Malvinia and Mr. Twain, in Malvinia...