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...computers, they are becoming technologically more sophisticated. Many are insisting that manufacturers provide quality software and such extras as guaranteed service, training and back-up support. Says Leroy Finkel, a computer specialist for the San Mateo, Calif., school system: "From now on, the companies will have to fight and scratch to sell their machines." -By Philip Elmer-DeWitt Reported by Michael Moritz/San Francisco and Adam Zagorin/New York
...Martin. When the waitress asks her if she's ready to order, Zee says yes, stares at the menu, and starts to cry. "I'll have a hamburger, no, spaghetti and bacon and sausage (all the things she feels she should have cooked for her husband), no, scratch that, I'll have chocolate ice cream with chocolate sauce and a chocolate donut." By this point Zee is overwhelmed with tears, prompting Eli to inquire "Did you ever decide what you wanted to eat?" After she responds, he says, "Wouldn't you want something a little more nutritious...
...When we were written off [after the 0-2 start]" said Harvard Coach Joe Bernal, "we had to scratch, claw, bite and do just about everything. And that made it twice as sweet twice as rewarding to turn things around...
...Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). Congress canceled the construction of the launch pad when it was months away from completion. After the shuttle launch complex was approved and funded, the Air Force figured that it could save $100 million to $300 million by converting the MOL site rather than building from scratch. In fact, the most imposing structure at Slick Six, the 285-ft.-high Mobile Service Tower, is a refitted and slightly shortened version of a MOL facility. The Air Force also cannibalized the steel used in that structure, constructing an access tower for astronauts entering the shuttle...
...playing for the mirror instead of the camera; nothing interferes with his pleased self-contemplation Harry's boy should have been a mutt, the way his father must once have been,' but Benson plays him like a doggy in a pet shop window, always hoping someone will scratch his tummy. All one can say in his defense is that his director makes a similar choice at every significant turn in the film. Newman does not rage at the dying light; he keeps trying to cuddle up to it −By Richard Schickel