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...said office computers could only be used for work? Machines designed to juggle equations, balance budgets, process words and draw graphs are now also capable of bringing a little fun and adventure to the corporate routine -- either after hours or on the sly during the workday. Of the 15 million personal-computer games sold in the U.S. last year, according to Ingram Software, a leading game distributor, nearly 40% were designed for the most popular business machines: the IBM PC, the Apple Macintosh and such IBM- compatible brands as Compaq, Epson, Leading Edge and Tandy. In 1985, by contrast, only...
...credibility in an antismoking campaign, Castro gave up his trademark cigars. But the results of the health campaign have been mixed. Officials claim that tobacco consumption dropped 23% in the campaign's first year, but not all Cubans have become converts to clean living. On the compulsory Saturday workday, a foursome of male goldbrickers sharing a bottle of bootleg rum on a Havana side street snorted at the thought of regular workouts. Referring to a well-publicized campaign aimed at older men, one scoffed, "Exercise is for grandfathers...
After a decade of relative calm, the protests started up again in 1985 when about 45 students occupied 17 Quincy St. for an eight hour workday to urge Harvard to divest from companies that do business in South Africa...
Manhattan Businessman Richard Perl, 29, has a morning ritual. After dressing, he drops a small crystal into his pocket to enhance his concentration and aid + him in contract negotiations during his workday. Andrea Cagan, 38, a Los Angeles physical therapist, follows an evening routine: she slips a sliver of rose quartz under her pillow to help her sleep peacefully...
...workday was just an hour old. Nearly 200 employees in the red-tiled colonial building that houses Colombo's central telegraph offices were busy at their posts. Customers had begun to queue up to pay bills, make calls at the public phone booths and send telegrams. Suddenly the morning routine was shattered by an explosion that echoed throughout the downtown area of the capital. Two floors of the three-story structure collapsed. As rescue workers sifted through the wreckage for survivors, police commandeered cars to transport the wounded to hospitals. Twelve people died and more than 100 were injured...