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...comparing Star Trek and the space shuttle. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are only fictional characters, while McAuliffe and her fellow crew-mates were real people--or should I say, Real People. The Challenger crew was treated just like those wacky rustics who were paraded before the nation by Skip Stevenson on the old "Real People" television program--proof that, by God, even an ordinary mother of two can make it in space. That's Incredible, isn't it folks...
...They're moving more and more to having a stronger base of knowledge in accounting," said Skip E. Wagner, a second-year student who is a member of the Required Courses Subcommittee...
...used to play for hours every day," says Cohen. "Of course, you skip class to hack...
What is to be done? Refusing to eat Whoppers or to skip that headache-filled stroll through Downtown Crossing simply translates into moral purism. Such acts might also lead the quasi-veggie to join a commune tucked away in a Vermont forest or isolated on a northern California sea-cliff. But a seclusion without frozen Swanson's brownies or the pulpy grease of Quarter Pounders also loses out on the potentially progressive parts of an often despicable society...
Even though other systems have been available, IBM is so dominant in computers that many potential customers delayed making decisions on new equipment until they saw its network. In fact, many experts think such delays have contributed to the current computer-industry sales slump. Says Skip Bushee, director of research for Silicon Valley's InfoCorp: "Without seeing the standard from IBM, the industry was confused. This should enhance sales for everyone." The market for computer-network gear is expected to zoom from the current $300 million annually to as much as $6 billion by the end of the decade...