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...whereas the latter provide explanations of objects on the screen, WFW shortcut menus, activated by clicking the right mouse button over a screen element (such as text or toolbar), allow you to access functions associated with that object without going to the main menu...
...sheer tumult and intrigue, Princess Diana's relationship with her husband can't compare with her relationship with the press. The latter has certainly been more faithful than the former; but after untold millions of photos, miles of film and acres of newsprint, the most chronicled woman in the world has decided it is time to jilt the cameras that love...
...seasoned newcomers are willing and able to distance themselves from both the White House and chamber elders. The former may prove critical to their hopes in 1994; the latter perhaps hints at their future effectiveness as a potent political force. Their record--neither strikingly revolutionary nor seriously flawed--has not had the revolutionary impact that some had hoped. These babes-in-the-woods are still getting used to their toys...
Members of the latter group, however, see their role differently. Readers, they reason, may not be ready or informed enough, given the state of this country's educational system, to know what to do will all the scientific information the media provides their eyes and ears. Their goals include filtering and explaining the day's news. Some might even argue that these science writers are advocates for science, although this would probably be a minority view...
Regular readers of this column and of Sassy may have noticed that the new issue of the latter, which hit the newsstands yesterday, picks Heavenly for the "Cute Band Alert" box. Assuming you read FM the day it came out, it's safe to say you "read it here first." And (making the same assumption) you might remember that the word of the week this week is "zine," which is a contraction of "fanzine," which was coined sometime in the 70s from "fan" plus "magazine"; the missing "maga" (yes, I'm making this up) stands for "mega," since fanzines...