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...Retired Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, developer of COBOL, the most widely used computer business language, at Trinity College, Washington: There's always been change, there always will be change . . . It's to our young people that I look for the new ideas. No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that. And if we're going to move toward those things we'd like to have, we must have the young people to ask the new, reasonable questions. A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships...
...directly Reagan will be tied to the diversion plan will depend on the testimony of North and Rear Admiral John Poindexter, the former National Security Adviser. Poindexter is scheduled to appear on July 7 and North later in the month. The committees' investigators have been grilling Poindexter in secret sessions without any of the legislators present, an arrangement the chairmen apparently agreed to in order to prevent leaks. But there was an understanding that if Poindexter produced any bombshells, such as having briefed Reagan on the diversion, the chairmen would be promptly notified. So far, Poindexter's inquisitors have been...
...second phase, the committees expect to hear from the two central figures identified in the case so far--North, who was a National Security Council aide, and his former boss, Rear Adm. John Poindexter. If the two men testify, it will be under limited grants of immunity from prosecution...
With 4WS, all four wheels of the auto move with the turn of the steering wheel. The arc of the rear wheels, though, is never more than 5 degrees, vs. 30 degrees for the front wheels. That is enough to improve maneuverability at low speeds. At high speeds, 4WS markedly reduces the risk of skidding when a driver changes lanes, for example...
Meanwhile, in Baghdad, a team of Pentagon and State Department officials ended its investigation of the Stark attack. After meeting with Iraqi officials, Rear Admiral David Rogers, head of the U.S. delegation, said he was "certain we have the information to piece together what happened." He refused to confirm reports, however, that they had not spoken with the pilot who evidently mistook the Stark for an Iranian tanker and blasted the frigate with two Exocet missiles...