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When Prison Superintendent Harry B. Johnson first heard of the proposal that convicts tame wild mustangs under the Federal Bureau of Land Management's nationwide "adopt a horse" program, he feared the only results would be "injuries and lawsuits." Now Johnson tells of hardcase cons transformed into amiable cowpokes. "They are proud of the horses and proud of what they can do," says he of the 30 men in the program...
...planets, zapping aliens all the way. Infocom has even come out with an "R-rated" adventure game called Leather Goddesses of Phobos ($34.95 to $39.95), which features a band of Martian sirens bent on turning earth into their "private pleasure palace." The game can be played at three levels: tame, suggestive and lewd...
Nobody wants every adventure picture to be as tame as a Spielberg cuddly toy. But RoboCop's pleasures are cold comfort. The thrills it elicits could have been generated by a very bright computer. The laughter it provokes catches in the throat like a nettle from the bottom of a popcorn...
Wandered, listless, oh so tame...
This year's debate over whether the council should serve as social engineer has been tame compared to the bitter battle last year over whether the council should take political stances...