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Word-processors allow a writer starting from scratch to produce an error-proof final copy without any intermediate print-outs or excessive use of liquid paper. This is one of their biggest drawbacks.

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Literary Hacker Strikes: Writing With a PC | 12/10/1986 | See Source »

Rusty Ball, Harvard's number two, whalloped Chris Smith in three straight sets, setting the tone for numerous shut-outs by the over-powering racquetmen.

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Trinity No Match for Racquetmen; Crimson Sweeps to Opening Day Win | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

It has become clear with each passing month that investment in South Africa does not make good financial sense today, and it is in this context that we can understand the pull-outs by the transnational giants--General Motors, International Business Machine Corporation and others that are currently under way...

Author: By Everett I. Mendelsohn, | Title: Working for an End to Apartheid | 11/12/1986 | See Source »

When, a millimeter from final defeat (with the champagne already uncorked in the Angels' dressing room), Henderson hit that fifth game homer, I reacted as I never had before. I didn't cheer or jump; I wept--not a few tears stifled by the customs of manhood, but copiously. Then...

Author: By Stephen J. Gould, | Title: The Best of Times, Almost | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

Alas, computer simulations are never like the real game. Any hacker who writes a baseball program that would allow any team--two runs back in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and two strikes against the batter--to go on to victory would be called an idiot...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: If Only the Series Were a Simulation ... | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

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