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...world and brings him back to life by destroying his lie-based success. Nina Bernstein, one of the few bright points in last spring's Mainstage production of Agamem non, brings energy and sensitivity to a role which could otherwise degenerate into the story of an honest, but plodding pioneer. Bernstein's Lona becomes the focal point of nearly every scene she appears in as she dances and gestures. Lona is the breath of fresh air needed by her old home town...
DIVORCED. Freddie Laker, 59, British pioneer of low-cost, no-frills transatlantic flights, whose Laker Airways was grounded by bankruptcy earlier this year; by American-born Patricia Gates Laker, 43; after seven years of marriage, one son, Fred Jr.; on grounds of adultery; in London...
Japan is also quickly moving to pioneer its own technological advances. Sharp has developed a flat computer display screen that takes much less space than conventional ones. It is being used by Grid Systems of Mountain View, Calif., in its new Compass computer, which sells for $8,150. Sony has introduced a device that can store nearly twice as much computer information in about half the space that is now required. Japan is also reputed to have a lead in the development of more futuristic improvements like videodisc storage, which will vastly enlarge the capacity of personal computers...
Fred W Friendly, a pioneer of television journalism, knows the power of the combination: "Pictures can so create a climate that at the last moment a comment can be just a raised eyebrow." But, he adds, commentary is self-defeating if the viewer says, "Now that I know how it came out, I know how they chose their pictures." With all three networks gussying up, or glitching up, their news, they need to reconsider whether analysis becomes opinionated show biz instead of a momentary oasis of reflective comment...
...have more money than anybody else, but one thing is certain: he is the richest duck in the world. Donald, his nephew, has more marquee value, but, much in the manner of movie stars, he has squandered his earnings. Uncle Scrooge McDuck, of Scots ancestry and American pioneer tradition, has never let go of a dime-not even the first one he ever earned, which he often carries, tied to a string and stashed in an inside pocket of his moleskin-collared coat...