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Shipments of Nintendo's basic game-playing unit, which peaked at 9 million in 1989, dropped to 7.2 million last year and could fall to 4.5 million or fewer in 1991, according to figures released at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show. Nintendo is counting on its hand-held Game Boy and a more powerful machine due out later this year to take up the slack. But this time Nintendo is playing catch-up to rival products from Sega and NEC. And analysts say none of the new devices have what it takes to make another Super Mario...
Israeli security forces responded by doubling the number of roadblocks in Israel and the West Bank, searching Palestinian laborers with hand-held metal detectors and preventing many from entering Israel. In the wake of the stabbings, police in East Jerusalem are wearing knife-proof vests and patrolling Arab neighborhoods in teams. Defense Minister Moshe Arens hopes to appease an angry public by resuming the controversial deportation of suspected "ringleaders," and has asked government attorneys to streamline the necessary legal proceedings. Says Arens: "We will fight fire with fire...
...nightfall, the protesters suddenly switch on headlights and hand-held spotlights to illuminate a narrow stretch of boundary. Tonight's Light Up the Border rally is one in a series of monthly anti-immigrant demonstrations held in a place where millions of Latin Americans and others have crossed the hills and canyons that feed into San Diego...
...math portion, test takers will have to work out the answers to several problems rather than merely make a multiple-choice selection. They will, however, be allowed to use hand-held calculators. The optional SAT-II will include a 20-min. essay as well as a world-history test...
...your children are already asking for a hand-held video device called Game Boy for Christmas, better act fast. Nintendo, the Japanese manufacturer of this year's hottest toy, expects to produce 1 million Game Boys for sale in the U.S. this season -- but that will meet only half the estimated demand. A portable video-game system that is controlled by a microprocessor chip, Game Boy uses interchangeable cartridges, and it offers stereo sound...