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...World Series would have a particular charm. Nostalgia has won the day, and Ernie Banks has been called back into an honorary uniform. When those less-than-great wartime teams met in 1945, Paul ("Dizzy") Trout was a righthanded pitcher for the Tigers. Now Dizzy's son Steve ("Rainbow") Trout is a lefthanded pitcher for the Cubs. In both the baseball and trout worlds, this is a year of complete reversals. -ByTomCallahan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wait Until This Year | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

...glimpsed the Minister under a stained-glass window," recalls Alpert, "and was lucky enough to catch him in a rainbow of color. Maybe it's a sign of hope." Why did the mission let down its guard and allow an American photographer inside? Theorizes Alpert: "I've been taking pictures at the United Nations for ten years. They're used to me. Combine experience with TIME'S name and persistence, and you have an irresistible force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Oct. 1, 1984 | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

Also now available are the Macintosh ($1200), the DEC Rainbow ($1827), the DEC Professional 350 ($3050) and the DECmate II world processor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slipping Into the Computer Age | 9/22/1984 | See Source »

Both a business and student oriented computer, the DEC Rainbow can run approximately 2000 programs, and is highly comparable to the IBM PC. Again humanities and social studies users would find it particularly useful, while science oriented users might be better of with the IBM PC/XT, Sonnie says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slipping Into the Computer Age | 9/22/1984 | See Source »

...Portable, and the DEC Rainbow are geared most towards the users who do a lot of writing, such as humanities majors. The Macintosh is a less expensive student oriented machine, with the drawback of limited software. Science oriented users would benefit most from the IBM PC/XT, and the DEC Professional 350 is a high powered all purpose computer. Finally, the DECmate II word processor is geared toward secretarial and administrative uses and is not often selected by students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slipping Into the Computer Age | 9/22/1984 | See Source »

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