Word: mckay
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...these former athletes, the Olympics afford a return to public attention. For ABC reporters, the spotlight can make or break careers. Anchor Jim McKay, 62, who became the voice of the Olympics at Munich in 1972, still appears earnest and unflappable, but as at Sarajevo last winter, he seems a bit weary. A typical snatch of McKay's sometimes repetitive prose: "This could be a historic night in the history of men's gymnastics." Among his potential successors, Jim Lampley comes across as better informed and shrewder than he was at Sarajevo, but the most natural and adroit...
Such an immense undertaking requires unusual effort, and ABC executives have planned for their 18 days in Los Angeles the way a general staff plans for war, marshaling a regiment of 3,500 employees. Among them: more than 50 on-air reporters and commentators headed by genial Anchorman Jim McKay, 1,500 engineers, and 250 drivers to move 902 cars, trucks and buses. "There are now so many people that I have to park three blocks away from the studio," complains a producer for Los Angeles' KABC-TV, which shares a parking lot with ABC's Olympians...
Under the plan, the Macintosh would be used in Computer Science II. Computers, Algorithms, and Programs," taught by McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis...
...taught a computer science course last year where all the assignments were done with pencil and paper," says McKay Professor of Computer Science Michael O. Rabin, adding that he does not expect the amount of computer assignments to increase as a result of the advanced technology, instead the work will only be made easier for the students, he says...
...raising a few major problems in sequence: "Why was the British Empire vulnerable at the time just proceeding the American Revolution? For years, there was always a group of aggressive people trying to take the Empire apart. What were the conditions that permitted it to happen at that time?" McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis '68's course, Computer Science 11. "Computers, Algorithms and Programs," was another "winner" on analytical skills. His approach emphasizes logical requited analysis through problem sets; programming itself is only part of the process...