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Nightstage--Asleep At The Wheel, Ben Vaughn Combo...
...late 1970s. The play opens with Hamlet (Dean Norris) spray painting the misspelled setting--"DENMAK"--on the wall. This Hamlet spends his time fighting, swilling beer and watching television, so, apropos of his offspring's habits, the Ghost (John Bottoms) grabs his attention by pre-empting an episode of Wheel of Fortune...
...speak confidently of the day when onboard computers will act as mobile information systems, displaying everything from the latest traffic conditions to the location of the nearest hospital. Predicts Karlin: "Ten years from now, nobody will need to drive with a road map folding and flapping in the steering wheel...
Some phones come with voice-recognition devices that enable them to follow verbal orders. These phones have proved especially popular with drivers, who can make a call while keeping both hands on the wheel. Innovative Devices, of Santa Clara, Calif., sells a car phone that "listens" for about $200. Once the owner has programmed up to 100 names, along with the corresponding numbers, he simply tells the phone to call George or Leslie...
Jesse Jackson knew this three years ago. During a debate of Democratic hopefuls, he said: "I'd rather have Roosevelt in a wheel chair than Reagan on a horse." Jackson knew that President Reagan's health wasn't the standard by which to judge him. His failings as a leader stem from choices he makes knowingly, from nuances of style which he has adopted willingly and from a fascination with vague policy goals which he divorces from fact intentionally...