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Computer hacker Richard Stallman

Description: Computer programmer Richard Stallman, known as a premier 'hacker' and winner of a MacArthur grant, tells of his lifelong fascination with computers and his crusade to stop software monopolies.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/28/1991

Hidden line items in the budget

Description: Proposed budget has small items with big impact: increased charges for MBTA communities & Quabbin drinking water communities & abolition of consumer complaint mediation. Theodore Mann, Marc Draisen.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/22/1991

History of Berlin Wall

Description: Retrospective, through B+W file footage and stills, of the Berlin Wall and the partitioning of the city. People trying to scale wall. Checkpoint Charlie with tanks. JFK says "Ich bin ein Berliner."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/28/1990

History of kidney transplants

Description: History of kidney transplants starting in 1954 with identical twins, narrated by Dr. Joseph Murray, pioneer in the technique and current Nobel laureate in medicine. B+W visuals.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/08/1990

Kennedy family humor

Description: Profile on the Kennedy family's humor. Examples of Kennedy family dry wit and sense of humor illustrated by quips from Rose, Robert, Edward and John. John Kenneth Galbraith remembers JFK's wit in a speech at a conference as part of the "Profile in Courage" awards at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Award recipient Charles Weltner shares his favorite JFK story.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/29/1991