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...achieve such realism, the Light and Magic crew made great advances in film technology. One of the devices they used was a $500,000 machine called a quad printer, which consists of four projectors. Each projector holds separate bits of film. In the asteroid scene, for example, one would show the zooming Falcon, another the model asteroids, a third would show the stars shining in the background, and a fourth such things as shadows, laser beams arid explosions. All four machines would then project their images through a prism, which would combine them into one seamless film. Models were carefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...District Director Raymond Morris. Upon arrival many broke into cheers of "iLibertad!" and "iViva Presidente Carter!" before being herded into buses and cars for the four-hour drive to the refugee processing center in Miami's Tamiami Park. "I am very happy," said Jorge Vidal, 22, a printer who arrived with his pregnant wife and eleven-month-old son. "We used to hear stories about the U.S. and sometimes on the radio we even heard the voices of America. This is a very good land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: The Flotilla Grows | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...endorsement comes from Sidney P. Harden of Columbus, Ga., a printer who works for a company producing Hallmark cards. Harden, 26, assumed custody of his son, now 3½, in September. Though he grumps that his new life "has not been very exciting," he concedes that he has "grown up a lot. I can take care of my son just like his mother could. Now I love my son twice as much." Such good feelings, Rosenthal says, are shared by many sole-custody fathers. One told her: "I actually made dinner for my kid, instead of taking him to McDonald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Custody: Kramer vs. Reality | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

...musical quiz turned out to be a snap for Mahosky, who, with the help of five academy friends, set out to rig the odds in his favor. They chipped in a total of $100, paid a printer to run off 75,000 copies of Mahosky's entry, and deposited them at WBKZ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Naval Bombardment | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...form. This year 100,000 Apple Us will be sold, vs 25,000 in 1978. Prices: from $1,195 for the basic model to $3,000 for a setup with all the trimmings, such as two ''floppy'' discs, a graphics tablet and a printer. Exults Apple's cofounder, Steven Jobs, a self-made engineer who is all of 23: ''We will sell more computers this year than IBM has in five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shiny Apple | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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