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...infamous for blowing its hard-won head start in the desktop-personal-computer business in the early 1980s. Now it's staging a credible come-from-behind charge in the laptop marketplace with a series of thin, lightweight machines that perform well and look great. The strongest of the wonderful bunch is the 133-MHz Pentium-powered 760ED. With a luminous 12.1-in. screen, 16 MB of memory standard in each computer and a large 2.1-GB hard drive and built-in fax modem, the 6.7-lb. computer is powerful enough to handle the strictest demands of Road Warrior computing...
Compaq Armada 4120T This chameleon-like $3,899 notebook can serve as a streamlined lightweight with just the basics or a hefty multimedia workstation with 4X CD-ROM drive and stereo sound...
Like birds, which evolved independently 70 million years later, pterosaurs had bones that were hollow and lightweight. (One scientist refers to pterosaur skeletons as "Styrofoam and mailing tubes.") But of all the trademarks of a pterosaur, one of the most peculiar was its hand, which boasted three clawlike fingers of normal size and a fourth digit that was outlandishly long. It was this fourth finger that provided structural support for the wings. Made of a skin-like membrane, the wings were supported by thousands of microscopic fibers that acted rather like the ribs of a folding umbrella, creating a flexible...
...winds were probably manageable for the better crews," said Charles S. Butt III, the coach of Harvard's men's lightweight varsity crew. "But in the regatta, the level of competence goes from Olympic champ to novice. The decision was clearly made with the lowest common denominator in mind...
...Radcliffe lightweight eight, starring captain Layla D. Adolphson '97, will race at 1:30 p.m. For the heavyweights, captain Dana A. Remus '97 will be among the eight who will...