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Discussions among computer makers tend to be high-tech talk tinged with evangelism. This year portable computers were gospel. As many as 40 companies have introduced portables that range in size from relatively bulky 30-pounders to lap-size models that weigh about...
Harvard continued to add to its point total in the 1500 when senior Adam Dixon and Sheehan took first and second, respectively. Huskie Jim Sargeant had the lead as the trio went into the gun lap. Coming around the last turn. Sheehan put on a burst of speed and passed Sargeant. But, just as Sheehan nabbed the lead. Dixon put on his usual explosive kick and passed both of them to win the race with a time...
...sitting still. Several times during our conversation in a cramped Cambridge motel room, the middle-aged Nicaraguan began to answer a question only to get up, rummage through a briefcase on the nearby bed, pick out a thick file, and sit down again. The files remained unopened on his lap; I sensed that Cardenal was using them as symbolic justification for the points he was trying to make. But even without concrete proof, the Nicaraguan's arguments against the ruling Sandinista junta were often convincing and disconcerting for a liberal listener...
...freeze movement reflects a populist impatience both with the arms race and with the traditional arms control that has failed to stop "the madness." Rather than running faster or haggling over rules for the next lap, say the freeze advocates, the superpowers should simply stop where they are. No more new nuclear weapons on either side, period...
...walled living room in Washington, Mondale talked about the pressures of being out front. He looked youthful in a green turtleneck shirt, faded jeans and blue running shoes. His wife Joan was in the kitchen making lunch. A couple of cats, Kitty and Squirt, crawled on and off his lap. He was asked about the recurring theme that he lacked the 33 strength of leadership to stand up to pressure groups...