Word: r2
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been there for two weeks now, a strange R2-D2-like sculpture on the corner of Garden Street and Garden Terrace, one block past the Radcliffe Quadrangle...
...cause of all the hullabaloo is a jaunty, cream-colored computer that will sell for $2,495. From the side, Macintosh looks like an offspring of E.T. and R2-D2 that might start walking. But the fuss is also about Apple, the company that likes to say it invented the personal computer. If Apple is to beat back IBM and continue the whirlwind progress that has taken it on a seven-year ride from manufacturing in a California garage to annual sales of $1 billion, Macintosh must be a triumph...
...Rafael to explore the mysteries of the film's wondrous special effects in, of all places, a common cinder-block warehouse. There, and at a similar illusion factory in Van Nuys, Calif., Han Solo's Millennium Falcon spaceship first blasted into hyperspace, and E.T., C-3PO, R2-D2 and Jedi's furry Ewoks were born. Says Thompson, who has reported stories for TIME on subjects ranging from genetic engineering to nuclear fusion: "I believe that I became a science reporter because I love mysteries. But after seeing the workshops, I've decided that some mysteries should...
...often in disguise, Han's friends come to rescue him: first that robotic dynamic duo, See-Threepio (C-3PO), the gold-plated neurotic with a proper English accent (Anthony Daniels), and Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2), who looks like a tank-type vacuum cleaner but has the heart of a lion. Then Solo's bearlike copilot Chewbacca, the 7-ft. 5-in. Wookie; the feisty Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher); and Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), the smooth-talking leader of The Empire Strikes Back's Cloud City. And finally the hero, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who already has many...
Sadly, the turnout for Mary's renaissance has lagged. Six people saw the show Wednesday afternoon, and when a six-year-old got bored and started crying (too much R2-D2) he and his father walked out. So you can scoff, if you must. But you can also swallow a spoonful of sugar or say Supercalifragilistic-expialadocious. Go see it, spit spot. Very well. Carry...