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...Hand-held camera work by Jean de Segonzac combines a pitted, grungy Brooklyn background with a cast of young white ruffians. Gomez has no pretentions of grandeur, which provides "Gravity" with incredible realism, but in the end impedes its cinematic impact...
Soren's attire is a far cry from typicalreporters' garb: she wore black pants, black bootsand a floppy printed blouse with floppy sleevesand rufles. (Her unprofessional appearance got herstopped by a security guard at the Astrodomeentrance; the guard gave her a special once-overwith a hand-held metal detector...
...five years ago -- an eternity in terms of computer development. Now fast, efficient spell checkers have become standard gear for the well-equipped student -- and for word-game addicts who like to cheat at crosswords or Scrabble. The devices have been joined by a silicon-based library of hand-held reference tools, including electronic thesauruses, translators, travel guides, desk encyclopedias and Bibles (King James, Revised Standard or New International...
Last November, Sony introduced its Data Discman, a $549.95 hand-held player that displays the text of books stored not on computer chips but on compact discs. Apple Computer chairman John Sculley has announced that his company will begin shipping a similar product next year. The advantage: CDs are relatively cheap and hold immense quantities of data. Among the 23 CDs currently available for the Discman is a single $40 item loaded with 150 classic works of literature, including the Iliad and Odyssey, the plays of Shakespeare, the complete Sherlock Holmes, and War and Peace. All that's lacking...
...humor. Bessie's father Marvin, unseen but for his shadow through a glass-brick wall, has been dying for two decades -- "real slow," Bessie explains with a hint of asperity, "so I don't miss anything." He still chortles in glee on seeing beams of light bounce off a hand-held mirror and play around the room. Bessie's sister, told she cannot smoke in a hospital, replies with steely illogic, "I'll be very quiet, then," and lights up. The daffy aunt, addicted to a soap opera, dresses to the nines for a character's wedding...