Word: nan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...want to force fancy calligraphy on young children," says Nan Jay Barchowsky, 53, a Maryland writing teacher who is coordinating a drive for handwriting reform, with the aid of 47 calligraphic associations in 26 states. "We want to teach children an efficient hand, one that is legible, fast and easy to write. For some scribes, that isn't calligraphic enough. But most of us believe there is beauty in simplicity...
...tradeoff, as usual being some loss of student and House flavor. Three of the five main voices are Boston-area professional musicians; they carry the main musical burden for more than three hours. But in no sense do they overshadow the two undergraduate leads. Sebastian Knowles as Figaro and Nan Hughes as the lovesick pageboy Cherubino. Indeed these two make it obvious that casting professionals is not the only way to go. The valiant, largely student orchestra conducted by Malina and Michael Bank '86 teaches the same lesson; the musicians don't hang together too well on the score...
...Nan going, Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, director of the lab, taped some 30 electrodes and sensors over the major muscle groups in her legs. Then he instructed a small desktop computer to fire successive bursts of electricity, each carefully orchestrated to trigger the right muscles at the proper time. A feedback system monitored the movements of Davis' ankles, knees and hips, making corrections as necessary...
...resulting movements were crude and jerky. Moreover, extending the program so that Nan can turn, sit, squat or climb steps will pose enormous difficulties. At present, the $200,000 system can only direct one foot to move in front of the other. Before it can be put to practical use, Petrofsky's 150-lb. device must be streamlined and miniaturized. "It's a mass of wires right now," says Wright State Technician Harry Heaton. "But it will eventually be a small microprocessor capable of being implanted pacemaker-style." Petrofsky says his system might be ready for commercialization within...
...Nan Davis scoffs at critics. She knows she will walk again. "It's definitely going to happen," says she. "What I did proves that...