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Amid the turmoil surrounding his nomination, Bork has continued his visits with key Senators, tirelessly explaining his stands on legal issues, struggling to convince lawmakers that he is the right man for the Supreme Court. Though one Reagan aide described Bork as "nervous as a tic," he insists that the judge has never talked about withdrawing his nomination. "He was not asked to ((withdraw)) and didn't raise it" during a 20-minute pep talk with the President at the White House last week, said the aide. An official who spent a good deal of time with Bork last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gone With the Wind | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

Some analysts see Falwell's PTL maneuver as a masterstroke to forge a new alliance between two Protestant forces that have had little to do with each other -- Fundamentalism and the Pentecostal-charisma tic movement. But during an appearance in Cocoa Beach, Fla., last week, Falwell said he had another reason for acting: "If Heritage Village were to go down the tubes, it would affect every Christian person in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evangelism: TV's Unholy Row | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

EXPERT SYSTEMS. By playing a computer game of tic-tac-toe, visitors can get a rough idea of the workings of an expert system -- that is, a computer program that emulates the reasoning and procedures of an expert in a specialized field. The tic-tac-toe program relies on the judgment of seven internal "experts" in playing the game. For instance, WIN looks only for winning moves. DEFEND acts to block wins by its opponent, and DECIDE weighs the recommendations of the other six and dictates the moves. On the computer screen each of the experts has its own tic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Ouch! Oooh! Cut It Out! | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

...Boston exhibition, robots display their growing intelligence by talking, drawing, feeling, seeing and playing a game of tic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/9/1987 | See Source »

Somewhere director Mark Prascak was hit with the stroke of genius of giving each of the two-dimensional characters a different color, shape, physical tic, and annoying vocal mannerism. Best of all, these accoutrements match their role in the play. It's not really cubist, but it is very funny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Comedy Geometry | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

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