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...sounds just like you're having a phone conversation," she says. "I've known people who had hand-held radios and who were able to talk to them as they passed above...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mir and Atlantis May Be Visible From Charles on Friday | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

Consequently, in the same school that McKay Professor of Applied Physics Eric Mazur uses hand-held computers to survey his class midlecture to ensure their understanding, other professors choose not to have e-mail addresses...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade, | Title: Decentralization Impedes Implementation of IT Reforms | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Believe it or not, the technology that powers television sets--from hand-held models to the big screens for Loker--is older than a joke on "Saturday Night Live." Digital TV will bring our viewing habits into the latter half of the twentieth century...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: techTALK | 4/8/1997 | See Source »

...driving drunk. The study, which was conducted in Canada, found that using a cellular phone increases the risk of an accident fourfold, the same as driving while intoxicated. And it doesn't matter what kind of phone it is. The results were the same with a hands-free model as with standard hand-held telephones. The study did note that the phones provide some safety benefits. Nearly 40 percent of those surveyed used their phones to call 911 after they crashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One More for the Road? | 2/12/1997 | See Source »

Like every other aspect of this film, The cinematography is perfect, adapted to the moods of each scene. The camera follows court conversations with avid interest, breathlessly tallying the putdowns and comebacks. Hand-held, it wavers gently during a love scene, in accordance with the tenderness of the moment. It also plunges through fields and over water for a flight to the countryside. Or it remains breathlessly still and grave for a duel, one of the sober possible endings to this game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sex, Lies and Aristocrats at Versailles | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

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