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...resign ourselves to the existence of high tech the existence of high-tech thievery. The crimes in the common opinion, were always committed in some miserable corner of Silicon Valley where only spies and the most devoted scientists dared tread. It follows then, that little more than a shrug or raised eyebrow followed the revelation that a Japanese company had undeniably cornered a future market with a product initially developed at Harvard Medical School...

Author: By Cynthia M. Monaco, | Title: The Japanese Go for Blood | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

...told us ten years ago that we could expect a decade of war, we would have thrown up our hands," says Jana Tamer, publisher of a Middle East newsletter. "Tell us now that it will go on for another ten years, and I guess we would just shrug. We are numb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The City That Will Not Die | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...Next or The White Album or Blonde on Blonde or Songs in the Key of Life or Born to Run, records that were argued over and championed like talismans that could change lives. It is like a piece of elegant sportswear: slip right into it, shrug it off. Jackson has written and performed ebulliently with Paul McCartney; he often appears in bright band jackets; he has palled around a bit with Sean Ono Lennon and has taken him to a Broadway show. It should be clear from all this that Jackson is smitten not only with the Beatles' legacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why He's a Thriller | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

...meat of it." If the idea of a Seuss book being barren seems surprising, imagine the reaction of the occasional young visitor bold enough to call on the Wizard of Whimsy. "They expect me to be a cow with a nose that lights up," says Geisel with a shrug. "I'm too square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 12, 1984 | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...mess with you" and melting away at the door. After his five- or six-hour meal, he looks for a place to read, which he does until the morning, and then sleeps until the early evening. How did he get this way? The other folks on the street shrug and say, "Loser...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: Out on His Own | 3/1/1984 | See Source »

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