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...President and Mrs. Gerald Ford, and Charles Vance, 39, formerly a Secret Service agent assigned to the Fords, now part owner of a private security firm: a daughter, their first child and the Fords' second granddaughter; in Washington, D.C. Name: Tyne Mary. Weight: 6 Ib. 3 oz...
...doubted that such miniaturized equipment could work inside the body. The implant's electronic heart and soul is its microcircuitry. Designed by Dr. M.S. Heilman and Engineer Alois Langer at Medrad/Intec Systems, a small medical technology firm in Pittsburgh, the little package (total weight: 250 grams, or 9 oz.) is placed just under the skin of the abdomen. In a 1½-hour operation, two electrodes are led to the heart-one through veins to the right atrium, the other to the tip of the heart's ventricles. Unlike pacemakers, which give a steady stream of tiny electric...
...Music," at least on city streets. A cacophony of portable radios and tape players blares from every corner, park bench, bus and subway. But now Sony has come out with a sidewalk stereo that is not a noise polluter. About the size of a paperback book, the 14-oz. Walkman is a cassette player that can be hung from the neck, strapped to a belt or simply carried in a pocket. Attached is a headset with half-dollar-size earphones that provide true stereo sound. Best of all, the Walkman (just under $200) lets a pedestrian stroll...
BORN. To Debby Boone Ferrer, 23, pop singer (You Light Up My Life) and daughter of Balladeer Pat Boone, and Gabriel Ferrer, 22, her personal manager and son of Singer Rosemary Clooney and Actor José Ferrer: an 8-lb. ½oz. son; in Los Angeles. Name: Jordan Alexander...
Meantime, Luke and R2-D2 take off from Hoth in search of Yoda, an 800-year-old, three-foot-high Jedi master and wise-cracking philosopher who teaches Luke the intricacies of The Force. Yoda--a muppet-like creation operated by Frank Oz (Miss Piggy's human half)--proves a special effects miracle in a film where every frame contains an intricate cinematographic maneuver. The puppet's retinue of facial expressions is endless; his ears alone are more expressive than any of his human co-stars, whose abilities to convey emotions seem to have suffered permanent frostbite on the frozen...