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...hand reaches out tentatively. Years of haranguing ("Keep your greasy fingers off the TV!") have made the screen taboo. But when the child sees that his finger causes the image to change, learns that his touch magically provokes new pictures, sequences, words and diagrams, his hand begins to jab, rub and slap the screen. Curiosity, once aroused, is satisfied by simply touching a picture of what one wants to understand. This process is re-enacted thousands of times every day at the U.S. Pavilion at Energy Expo '82 (a.k.a. the Knoxville, Tenn., World's Fair) as exuberant children...
...addition to his unparalleled skill, Flynn actually owns his own video center. In short, he has everything a man could desire. So what's the rub? Well, as a former employee of Encom, a leading video manufacturer, Flynn invented many of the most popular games on the market. But through the dirty dealings of one Dellinger, now chief executive of the company, Flynn was cheated out of fame and fortune. Using his home terminal, he searches the corporation's computer memory for proof that he was robbed...
...promises that even if it doesn't rub off, his enthusiasm will last. He will stay active in Harvard-related activities, which no doubt makes Wadsworth House and all future fund-raisers very happy. "I'll be a supporter. I'll be as active as I can. Whatever I can give...
...always been unfair to rate a Congress as either "do-nothing" or "rub ber-stamp," depending upon how it responded to a President's legislative desires. The current Congress, in particular, might well merit praise by refusing to adopt presidential economic policies that it considers too risky. But that is not enough. Inaction and stalemate on the economy can be as dangerous as errant action. The nation cannot afford a prolonged political confrontation between the White House and Capitol Hill. If the President will not yield, Howard Baker and his congressional cohort really have no choice; they must...
...book on sexual behavior." He says that 114 of the 229 pages of the bestseller are his. He also claims joint credit for most of the book's original ideas, including "Silence Isn't Golden" (lovers should constantly talk during and after sex), "Fingertipping" (when lovers simultaneously rub each other's back lightly with their fingertips, the results are highly erotic) and "The Maxi Orgasm" (a shattering "untamable" mega-orgasm well within the reach of most women...