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...observer. Part of that ironic aloofness may come from his childhood. His mother lived from hand to mouth, and he never knew who his father was. He was forced to adapt, and he has been doing that ever since, making a brilliant career out of pouring himself into a myriad of molds. He is now a little startled, however, to discover some of his mannerisms in his son Matthew, 45, who is also an actor. "A good actor," says his father, "although out of work at the moment...
...their leader predict an 80-20 victory for himself, were shading that estimate back to 60-40. At least two senior members of Marcos' Cabinet were even more cautious, predicting only a 55-45 win for the President. Exulted Linggoy Alcuaz, an official of one of the country's myriad splinter opposition parties: "There are times in history when things come to a boil, and this is one of them...
...retreat into his own mind. In his dreams, the stormtroopers who beat him become massive, fantastic samurai fighters with whom he does battle. His fellow employees and the kingpins of his mother's high-society existence become orc-like creatures who are dragging Jill in a cage. The myriad ducts which encroach upon his apartment become snakes which attack him, and his mother, who has been getting progressively more drastic facelifts, appears looking like his daughter...
...duplicating the human hand, Hollerbach says, all the myriad capabilities of flesh must be reproduced. Not only the ability to grasp, but also the ability to sense mass, configuration, texture, curvature, and temperature of various objects must be instilled in the machine. Hollerbach says that, if successful, his invention will be able to do all these and more, and will, in addition, have the same degree of mobility as a real hand...
RECENTLY, A CHORUS of educators and lawmakers has cried out that the national needs to provide young people with more oppurtunities for public service. A myriad of local, national, and university programs, designed to increase the number of public service jobs and the funding for them, have been introduced over the past year...