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...weekly writer's workshop helps 5 to 10 HRSFA members hone their skills in science fiction and other genres. Many of their pieces end up in Fusion, the group's magazine--pub- lished sporadically--and a few have gone on tosucceed as authors...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Club Walks on the Wyld Side | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Then he did something really unusual in the make-a-quick-billion computer industry. He made Linux available for free on the Internet. More important, he released his source code, the instruction set used to create the software, so that fellow programmers could hack, hone and redistribute Linux at will. In doing so he was following a freeware tradition that goes back to the earliest days of computing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mighty Finn | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...Expository Writing program, which Mansfield dubbed "P.C. to the core," a quick examination of the offerings affirms his characterization. In a mandatory program designed to hone the writing abilities of each incoming class, one would think an emphasis might be placed on the great maestros of the English language--Dickens, James, Twain, Austen, Woolf and Wharton...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: The Tyranny of the Multicultural Majority | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...general session. Boston Paintball has only some necessary safety rules, including a requirement that players to wear protective facegear at all times on the field. Though companies and colleges in the area provide many of the patrons, sometimes former and present military officers as well as police come to hone their skills. The State Police, Boston Police and Special Task Forces use the facilities for training...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, | Title: RAINBOW WARRIOR | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

While the new comedians play the smaller clubs and hone their acts, the man they all want to be is, well, pretty much doing exactly the same thing. Except people are lining up for six hours for the privilege of watching him do it. Jerry Seinfeld has been on a month-long global tour, working out kinks in his stand-up routine in preparation for a five-night, 10-show Broadway run that will include a performance to be aired live on HBO Sunday, Aug. 9. "Welcome to the Seiny workshop," he cracked to a sold-out house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As for the Old Master... | 8/10/1998 | See Source »

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