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Many a paper could be spruced up with a few simple graphs, plots and charts. Rather than merely write about the decline of the Holy Roman Empire, Plot it on a scatter plot. While a chart isn't worth a thousand words, graphs can certainly complement a term paper. One of the Happy Hacker's friends swears that grades on her social science papers are increased a couple of notches because of her Mac graphs...
...wasn't an easy job, but the weather was good. Sis and I positioned ourselves outside the ranch in the morning to grab the papers as soon as they were delivered. Dad went up the satellite tower at UCSB with a radio transmitter to scatter the airwaves so no news broadcasts could make it over there. And Mom cruised the hills in a jeep in case that rascal Col. North were trying to sneak in to brief the President. The important thing was that President Reagan not hear anything about this nasty Iran-Nicaragua business...
...spent between $10 and $15 to reach each residential customer in the election, more than three times the cost for AT&T. Says Charles Skibo, president of US Sprint: "AT&T had the data to sharpshoot and pick off select targets. We were shooting in the dark with a scatter...
...operators objected that the law barred them from the city's downtown, forcing them to unprofitable locations. Well, said the court, the town has no obligation to ensure "sites at bargain prices." The court's ruling in effect permits localities to scatter adult theaters, as Detroit has, or to concentrate them, as Boston has in its "combat zone." After the decision was announced, the mayor's office in Renton was deluged with more than 100 calls from officials of other cities looking for tips on zoning-ordinance design...
...Burgin could be persuasive, however, he could also be mercurial, a trait that the Examiner poked fun at in another TV ad. As an unsmiling Burgin enters the newsroom, staffers cower behind bookshelves and scatter in fear. "David's got a reputation as sort of a tough guy," narrates Hearst. "But I think that's blown way out of proportion." Still, Burgin was difficult. He disappeared from the office for long stretches, blew up suddenly at staffers, - and once, in a fit of pique, skipped a planned meeting with company brass in New York. Hearst "kept saying I was capricious...