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...need to come armed with more than a couple of sharpened No. 2 pencils and a firm grasp of derivatives; they will also require the latest that math technology has to offer. Under new rules set by the College Board, all students who take the test must have a hand-held graphing calculator. Those who lack this powerful machine, which graphs complex equations, will have to sign a waiver stating that they will not challenge their scores if they do poorly on the exam because they do not use a graphing calculator...
Nelson explained that since such materials would be easier to cool, his "dream" is an MRI "similar to Star Trek, the size of a hand-held calculator," rather than the current MRIs which are the size of a small room which often disturb claustrophobic patients...
...employee each year. CKS president Mark Kvammi estimates that technology expenditures amount to about $2 million every year. And the technology keeps getting more sophisticated. Last fall, for example, AT&T introduced PersonaLink Services, a package of communications software that facilitates computer, phone, fax and paging functions in hand-held personal communicators such as Sony's Magic Link and Motorola's Envoy; soon the AT&T interface will provide expanded wireless connectivity and be usable almost anywhere but underwater. In the rush to embrace virtual-office technology, some managers may not be giving enough consideration to the psychological impact...
...fully aware of how formidable the Chechen fighters would turn out to be. Many of the mostly Muslim, mountain-tough Chechens who stood up to the tanks are veterans of the Soviet army, and some of the war in Afghanistan. They work in small, highly mobile bands, using their hand-held grenade launchers and antitank weapons to good effect: from upper stories in the city's apartment buildings they have easily pierced and set afire the weak topsides of the Russian tanks. They have the advantage of home turf they have known from childhood. And their unyielding belief in their...
...factory-made implements of the early 20th century. Many of these varied and whimsical shapes, collected and attractively arranged by the editors, were last seen in Grandma's house. Singled out or clustered in more than 300 photos, these whisks, racks, beaters (egg and rug), cages, baskets, candelabrums and hand-held toasters are reminders of a stable domestic world now bent out of shape...