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...friend and adviser, a very talented man, very intelligent, very creative, possibly a genius." The high praise came from Gary Hart. The object of his admiration: Pat Caddell, 33, the former whiz-kid pollster who has become a key figure in the Hart campaign since coming aboard as "an informal adviser" in January...
Mitchell Kapor, 33, founder of Lotus Development, a computer software company. A Brooklyn-born math whiz, Kapor graduated from Yale at 20, then dabbled as a disc jockey, an instructor in Transcendental Meditation and a mental-hospital counselor. Little commanded his attention until he impulsively traded in his stereo system for an Apple II computer. Within a few months, he wrote two computer programs that create charts and graphs for businesses and sold them to a software distributor for $1.2 million. With royalties from the programs and backing from venture capitalists, he founded Lotus Development...
...most effective routine also mined familiar territory: television. Henry and Thomas played cheery, gee-whiz hosts of an "infotainment" show infatuated with swirling graphics and inane charts...
Although Sir Weej, whose real name is Luigi, spends a couple of hours a day hunched over his terminal, he is neither a computer professional nor a thrill-seeking whiz kid. He is just an ordinary citizen who yearns to communicate. Along with tens of thousands of other computer owners who share that urge, Sir Weej has discovered that he can tap into the outside world with his home machine for more than just a peek at stock quotes and airline schedules or an occasional trespass on the turf of the military-industrial complex. Increasingly, as more and more home...
...tank in Washington, D.C. "Although physically still an orangutan, he has the mental capabilities of an Einstein," explains Mr. Smith Co-Creator Ed Weinberger. "Because of that, he becomes a valuable resource to this country, eventually getting involved in everything from MX missile policy to landmark legal cases." Gee whiz, and if the ratings ever flag, the producer could bring in Lassie as his secretary and Mr. Ed as his spokesanimal and Flipper as an offshore oil specialist...