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...there's still plenty to do for the rest of us. Activities include a special concert in which the star, via the wonders of modern video technology, will "perform" with a whole slew of his old bandmates, as well as the annual Candlelight Vigil at Graceland, Elvis cruises, seminars at his old high school, light shows set to his music, an auction from the estate of an avid fan, and early morning meditations at his grave site (they're free, but they're at 6) Even if you can't make it to Memphis, you can still participate. A Blue...
...much money the movie grosses the first week at the box office. But this is not at all similar to final exams since it occurs at the beginning of a movie's showing. The first week is taken as an indication of how well the movie will perform and how effective the advertising was; by contrast, final exams are an indication of total performance...
...charges of assault and sodomy. His accuser, a 41-year-old female friend from Vienna, Va., claims that Albert viciously bit her several times on the back during a Feb. 12 argument in his Ritz-Carlton hotel room in Washington, D.C. Albert then allegedly forced the woman to perform oral sex, according to the indictment. Albert was in town for a match between the Knicks and the Washington Bullets in nearby Landover, Md. In a statement, the sportscaster said the charges against him were false and that he intends to vigorously defend himself. "I am confident that I will...
Computers as we know them will never have minds. No matter what amazing feats they perform, inside they will always be the same absolute zero. The philosopher Paul Ziff laid this out clearly almost four decades ago. How can we be sure, he asked, that a computer-driven robot will never have feelings, never have a mind? "Because we can program a robot to behave any way we want it to behave. Because a robot couldn't mean what it said any more than a phonograph record could mean what it said." Computers do what we make them do, period...
...become so huge? Our Republic was founded on the idea that law enforcement should be a local responsibility. There is a good reason why America's Founding Fathers wanted it that way. They knew that power corrupts. Perhaps the answer to the bureau's problems is to make it perform better by downsizing it. Isn't that the rationale for downsizing corporate America? GARY SCHWARTZ Fort...