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Aided by Rogers's big saves, Valicenti and Yeomalakis capitalized on pile-ups in front of the Bowdoin net to put the match out of reach by the half-way mark of the period. For his period-and-a-half work, Rogers had an outstanding 16 saves, and let up but one goal...
...Computer Science Gerald Estrin, who helped to develop the computer at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in the 1940s, says: "The computers provide an intensely visual, multisensory learning experience that can take a youngster in a matter of a few months to a level he might never reach without it, and certainly would not reach in less than many, many years of study by conventional methods." Notes from the classroom...
...Minnesota, 2,200 educational computer terminals, from tiny farming communities to the Twin Cities, reach 92% of all students in the state. With a more than $1 million annual state grant for long-distance telephone charges, students are hooked into a statewide network by which, among other projects, social-studies students can simulate a national election, young biologists analyze the pollution of a lake, and future farmers learn how best to manage a given number of acres. ¶In Sunnyvale, Calif., Robert Albrecht is using personal computers to teach "kids how.to program computers so that they can teach other kids...
Mobil is particularly concerned about protecting information obtained from its highly expensive seismographic surveys of land and offshore sites. The company's spending for exploration tops $200 million a year. Such expenditures are beyond the reach of smaller firms, which often deal in the thriving black market for oil maps and aerial surveys. In taking its case to court, Mobil is hoping that, if nothing else, the feisty wildcatters at Superior will have second thoughts about seducing people who hold secrets...
...treaties are torpedoed, says Panamanian Economist Guillermo Chapman, unemployment could reach 30% and "growth" could shrivel to minus 3% yearly. It is only fair to add that if the treaties are ratified and the economy fails to recover, the Panamanians will have no one to blame but themselves...