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MARRIED. Scott ("Cyclops") Summers, 30, whose eyes shoot powerful "optic beams"; and Jean Grey, 30, possessor of telepathic and telekinetic powers; both founding members of the X-Men, a private group of gifted mutants who battle social injustice; at the X-mansion in Salem Center, in New York's Westchester County. Grey wore a dress created by designer Nicole Miller. Although the ceremony and reception were held outdoors, the January weather , was not a problem, as maid of honor and fellow X-Man Storm used her superpowers to create a springlike day. The marriage is the first for both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Feb. 7, 1994 | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...first phase, which Steen says has alreadybeen completed, calls for the installation offiber optic data wires and communication switchingdevices in all first-year dorms (excluding 29Garden St.). First-years living in the Yard andUnion dorms can link up once they fill out anapplication with HASCS...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: Campus Readies For Network | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

Forming the backbone of the HSDN are tens ofthousands of feet of fiber optic cables,ultra-thin glass wires which transmit digital datain the form of laser-generated light. "Fiber isthe only vehicle that will support us for the longhaul," says Holmes...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: Campus Readies For Network | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

Unlike conventional metal wires, according toHolmes, fiber optic cables are cost-effectivesince they will not rust or break...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: Campus Readies For Network | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

...storage devices for machines built by Sega, Philips, Commodore and all the major computer manufacturers. But unlike most of his competitors, Hawkins sees CDs as a temporary solution. Ultimately, he says, interactive motion pictures will be delivered to home game machines not on a disc but through the fiber-optic networks being built by cable and telephone companies. This summer he announced plans to sell a new version of the Multiplayer that plugs directly into a coaxial cable, where it can serve both as a cable TV and VCR controller and as a gateway to the information highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Amazing Video Game Boom | 9/27/1993 | See Source »

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