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...photos, but "artistic renderings" are strictly forbidden -- thus no unflattering caricatures of Phil Gramm. Originally, displays could be no larger than 24 in. by 30 in. This was changed when Senator Ted Stevens asserted that the rules did not accommodate maps of his large home state, Alaska; the current maximum is 36 in. by 48 in. There are no rules regarding size on the House side, where the Speaker has the authority to decide whether or not a chart can be displayed on the floor. The current Speaker does not generally like charts. Consequently, most House graphics have been displayed...
Typhoon Fred killed 700 people in eastern China this past weekend. During its maximum strength, it packed winds of 118 m.p.h. and caused landslides, tidal waves and flooding in more than 30 towns. Financial losses are estimated to be $1.2 billion. BTW: Other parts of China are trying to recover from a severe drought...
...date that should live in infamy as long as baseball is played -- was chosen as the strike date by a player vote to give the union maximum leverage. As employees, the players had already received more than two-thirds of their 1994 salaries. But the owners earn almost all their national-TV revenues during the September pennant races and the October postseason. (The broadcast rights to the play-offs and the World Series alone were projected to bring in $180 million.) The owners had just launched their experimental Baseball Network on ABC and NBC with the mid-July All-Star...
Dante is perhaps his most sophisticated product. Its vaguely spider-like aluminum body has eight legs, four of which are always on the ground; that provides maximum stability as the machine moves forward at a top speed of 3 ft. per minute, stepping lightly over obstacles up to 4 ft. high. Eight on- board video cameras enable scientists to view the terrain. Even more useful is a laser-ranging system -- a sort of light-based radar -- that makes 30,000 distance measurements every second and generates a virtual-reality computer image of the landscape. Says Bares: "It gives...
...largest convergence of the mass market. What else can you say about a gathering of the tribes that already has its own official refrigerator magnet, to say nothing of its own condom and kaleidoscope? Whose organizers . test-marketed the proposed lineup of bands to see which names would get maximum audience response? Which will be brought to you with the sponsorship of Pepsi, Haagen-Dazs and Apple computer, and sold to you via QVC's home- shopping channel...