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Hearts broke across America with the news last Christmas that Koko, the "talking" gorilla, was mourning the death of her pet kitten. All-Ball, as Koko had named her, was a tailless cat who had lived at the Gorilla Foundation in Woodside, Calif., for half a year before scampering out and into traffic. Koko, 13, who is said to have a sign-language vocabulary of about 500 words, indicated to a research associate that she wanted a replacement and picked out a drawing of a Manx, a rare breed with no tail. And now Koko has her wish, an orange...
...team up against Gilbert and Allardyee, the latter of whom looks so much lick the aforementioned swine that his sympathy seems entirely logical. His wife and enemy win out, and Gilbert is forced to go to Swaby's party, where the nasty doctor seduces his wife and cats his pet...
Cabot House Acting Master Myre Mayman got a new pet yesterday, named Arthur--and he's an 18-foot-long, multi-colored, plywood-and-painted canvas fish...
Scientists are already queuing up with their pet projects. University of Pennsylvania Economist Lawrence Klein wants supercomputer time to build a comprehensive model of the world economy. At the University of Illinois, Meteorologist Robert Wilhelmson hopes to simulate the birth of a tornado. Hidenori Murakami, a structural engineer at UCSD, aims to predict the effects of earthquakes on skyscrapers, bridges and other structures. And at Cornell, researchers working under Wilson want to use their new machine to design a supercomputer a thousand times more powerful than the one they are about to receive...
...available to patrons, also boasts what may be the first electronic library bulletin board. The system, which lets people with home computers and modems dial into the library's Apple II, has logged 16,000 calls in three years, including requests for everything from book reviews to tips on pet care. A library bulletin board in San Bernardino, Calif., lists theater performances and city council meetings, as well as the phone numbers and addresses of local politicians. Library planners envision the day when a reader sitting at a branch-library terminal will be able to call up books and articles...