European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday december 27,1989 faces n places no task too big for student with High tech help from wire reports Charles Hunter surprised his teacher and class mates with the results of a on in a million task. But he had a i talc High tech help from a computer. Steve Randak who teaches a biology class for gifted students at Lafayette la Jefferson High school told his students he would give an a for the semester to anyone who wrote out every number from one to i million. Hunter took up the Challenge. Last week he toted in All 1 million numbers printed on about 2.400 pages of paper that weighed about 50 pounds. He did t qualify for the a because he generate the numbers on his Home computer but his regular work is earning him an a in the course anyway. He s the first one who Ever took off and did something creative with this and this is typical Ocharles said Randak. Hunter said he first set on to write each number by hand but he lost interest at about 5,000. His interest was renewed when he thought of printing the numbers by computer. He ran the pro Gram at least seven hours a Day for two weeks. After 2 i boxes of computer paper and three Ink cartridges he reached the magic number. Doing the task longhand even at the brisk Pace of one number a second would take More than 11 Days straight working night and Day. Jennings lauds 89 to news Abc Anchorman Peter Jennings says people who Don t watch television Are deprived and called 989 the most dramatic year for to news since the 1960s. Jennings writing in the dec. 30 Issue of to guide acknowledged that there s bad television but its overwhelming value is that we All can be Eye witnesses to he cited events of recent weeks when to brought people live the crumbling of communism in Eastern Europe. Jennings wrote before the downfall of the Ceausescu regime in Romania or the . Invasion of Panama. But even before those two extraordinary events Jennings cited other breakthroughs. As we say in our Trade fade to Black for a second and then dissolve to the Berlin Wall Jennings said. For 28 years it was the Symbol of a divided Europe. And we watched it crumble before our eyes and solid Jennings said not since 1968, when the Rev. Mar Lin Luther King or. And Robert Kennedy were assassinated and the soviets invaded Czechoslovakia has there been a year like 1989. It seemed an almost casual Resolution to a sequence of stunning events 10 years in Poland 10 months in Hungary 10 weeks in East Germany 10 Days in Czechoslovakia he said. The Power of peo ple in one place accelerating the Pace of change in the next. The soviet Union itself yet to come. China Stillo come. And All the while television making it possible for people who had been suppressed for so Long to Sec what was possible. What a Costner Koppe top list actor Kevin Costner is the Man for the 90s" with his natural sexy looks and night inc Host Ted Koppel s Talent and fairness make him one of the face of nature Mother nature hat Over the years formed what appears to be a face on this tree in Salisbury . Frank goodnight who owns the property says lightning which resulted in the tree s bark falling off provided the final touch. He said he May Cut it Down and put the face in his office. Year s most watchable people a women s group said. Actors Mel Gibson Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman basketball Star magic Johnson and talk show Host Arsento Hall joined Costner and Koppel on manual chars inc s list of the ten most watcha ble people of 1989, announced sunday. Rounding out the group for the first time were three women actress Michele Pelffer first lady bar Bara Bush and today co Host Jane Pauley. This year we included women in our list of famous people who arc deserving of compliments manual chars president Suzy Mallery said. Looks arc much less important than they used to be accomplishment creativity kindness and manners count much still the group knows a hunk when it sees arc the Man of the 90s, or what we Hope the Man of the 90s will be like natural comfortably masculine and sexy it said of Costner As for Nicholson you re not getting older you resetting much Man watchers said of Ciffer represents what Many of today s women would like to be Beautiful Bright and the group also said it admired the first lady s accomplishments warmth and natural Ness of appearance. A song for a off a group seeking housing for the elderly used Christmas tree and its own version of the " 12 Days of Christmas to lobby Alaska gov. Steve Cowper for a state gift of $5.6 million. Seniors for congregate housing wants the Money to build a 40-unit housing Complex in Kcal. The City has donated land and promised to pay for utilities and operation of the Complex. To get the state to Chip in. Group members made ornaments representing an Alaska style 12-Daycountdown. They mailed them to a Juneau senior citizens group which delivered them to the Gover nor s office Over the 12 Days ending Friday. The ornaments depicted twelve seniors humming eleven just for the halibut. Ten cords of Timber nine Moose a prancing. Eight grizzlies growling. Seven Salmon spawning. Six derricks pumping five Point six million dollars for senior housing four Gold nuggets three Spruce hens two King crabs. And a drifter in a Spruce the drifter refers to Cowper himself who speak with a drawl has a fondness for Cowboy boots and is sometimes called Alaska s High Plains one pizza extra cheese it won t be hard to get a pizza with extra cheese atthe Abate italian & seafood restaurant in Pittsburgh during the coming weeks. In fact it might be hard not to. The restaurant just added a 700-Pound Block of provolone cheese to its pantry and it s destined for pizzas owners of the suburban Fox Chapel business said. The cheese was purchased recently for $2,000 at an auction raising Money for children s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Grocer David j. Sunseri of the Pennsyl Vania Macaroni co. Placed a special order for the 10 foot Block from the Park cheese co. Of fond do Lac wis. The prominent provolone will be on display at he restaurant until Jan. 13, co owner Joe Demartino said. Then the Kitchen Crew will unwrap the 470 feet of Cord tied around the cheese slice it up and Start making pizzas. Dear Abby your advice to the overweight woman who asked what to do about a father in Law who refused to Stop making snide remarks about her weight went a Long Way toward reinforcing the notion that women arc substandard compared to men. You suggested that she take it up with her Hus band and expressed the hop that he is Man enough to speak with his father in her defense. Does this mean that if he refuses to do so he is More Akin to some weak woman what would Margaret Thatcher say about this or the late great Mother Jones a nationally syndicated columnist has tremendous Power Abby. 1 would Hope that you would encourage enlightened thinking rather than reinforce negative false stereotypes. Perhaps you meant to say that you hoped the Wom an s husband was Strong enough to speak to his father in her defense a preferable approach. In considering dear Abby this alternative remember the words of Simone do Beauvoir when an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority the fact is he or she becomes Edward m. Czuprynsk1, Bay City . I hit the Hammer squarely on the thumb with that one read on for a word from a like minded critic dear Abby concerning your advice to the overweight woman with the rude father in Law if she s unable or unwilling to stand up for herself the solution in t to give her husband an ultimatum to be Man enough to do it for her it s for her to be woman enough to learn to do i herself. A course in might help her overcome her reluctance to Tell the Jerk where to get off. Speak ing up in t just a Man s Job Abby. A Man in Sacramento dear Man.,. .,., thanks. 1 needed Abby i am writing in response to your Many readers who Don t know How to handle people who impose on them. Your Stock answer nobody can impose on you without your permission is not sufficient. Why Don t you give them some practical examples of what to say so they can learn to be More assertive to do tonight Well talk to you or i m sorry we have plans for Abby a assertive people need to learn How to stand up for themselves. They need to learn that they can do it graciously without being rude or offensive. Please Tell them thai most High schools and colleges offer courses in assertiveness training and they should enrol. Assertive and glad of it dear assertive obviously you look the coarse and passed with dying Colon. To Jiaan of no Gnu ending of he Meek but also providing hem with a Road map to assertiveness
