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...teammates to mob him. The losing Boston College goalie, Bob O'Connor, having flopped to the ice, looks behind him, where the puck and teammate Paul Hammer are both in the net. And O'Neil, a freshman winger, skating past the goal a little too late, is about to smash his stick in frustration across the goalpost. The picture ran on the cover of the Beanpot program the next year...
...secret of Reuters' success is an early move into computerized business data. In 1973, the agency introduced the Reuter Monitor, a 24-hour currency-information service providing international exchange rates to traders. A smash hit, the Monitor now serves 15,000 subscribers in 78 countries, offering instantaneous quotations on dozens of currencies, as well as trading data on gold, oil commodities, shipping, stocks and bonds. Using the Monitor, traders around the world can turn quick profits on market conditions that often change before information is available through other news sources. This service accounts for 90% of Reuters' revenues...
...best for ticket sales) recorded a $6,058,815 total, the second highest in Broadway history. Last week magic struck again. Tom Stoppard's London success The Real Thing came to town in a sleek, solid new production that promises to be Broadway's first romantic comedy smash since Same Time, Next Year...
...video movie. It happened to have a modular structure. The modules were interchangeable-they were even moved around in the editing-and that's what made the movie adaptable to MTV." Indeed, the theme from Flashdance, fitted out with appropriate clips from the movie, was an MTV smash. The Flashdance phenomenon was a confluence of good commercial instincts and some savvy guesswork, and now that Hollywood has found a new formula, indeed helped create one, it will...
...years ago, a young programmer named Bill Budge developed the smash hit Raster Blaster, the first computer game that simulated a pinball machine on a video monitor. Now, with Pinball Construction Set, Budge has done himself one better. This program puts the pictures of components on the screen and lets players make their own pinball machines. Flippers, bumpers, launchers and kickers fall easily into place and then perform like the real thing. Players can paint the pinball pieces bright colors, set up complex scoring patterns, or adjust the time, gravity and elasticity of the playing area. An added advantage...