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Compared to the 1984 that Orwell envisioned in 1948, when he took his chilling look into the future, the real thing is shaping up as a major wash-out. Sure, technology has been marching into society like crazy. That is apparent to anyone who is exposed to home computer commercials on television. Basically, however, the direc tion is somewhat different from what Orwell forecast 35 years ago. It wasn't long ago that com puter language written for the layman was mainly devoted to explaining the meaning of Orwellian abbreviations and ter minology. Microchips alone were enough to start dreaders of "1984" quaking in their fortune cookies. Now, however, the home computer business has marched to the point where it is begin ning to incite travesty. Publica tion of a new "irreverent com puter dictionary" apparently means someone considers it harmless enough to poke fun at its foibles. It is true that much of the computerese fun-poking thus far consists of play on such jar gon as "byte." The title of the aforementioned dictionary, I am obliged to report, is "Small Bytes." And the authors go to some length to point out that small bytes are not the same things as "nybbles." Such pouncing upon the ob vious must iaave George Orwell turning over in his inkwell. Once we get 1984 behind us, our next glimpse of the future may be even more blurred. Con sider this myopic destiny con jectured by the World Future Society at a recent conference: "There is momentum to keep things as they are." I commend that divination to all who cringe at the thought of 1984. Impetus generated by in ertia is one force Orwell didn't anticipate. In other words, if you peer too far ahead you may find you have already caught up with things in front. Only the U.S. govern ment can claim such progress. New Nikon FA. The greatest advance in 35 mm photography since Automatic Exposure. The Nikon FA solves light ing problems the way no other 35mm SLR can. 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(R) EVENING 7:00 @ THE KINGSTON TRIO AND FRIENDS: REUNION The original Kingston Trio are joined by Tom my Smothers, Mary Travers, Lindsey Buckingham and current Trio members when they perform together for the first time in 20 years. 8:00© TOP OF THE HILL Wayne Rogers, Mel Ferrer, Elke Sommer, Sonny Bono, Adrienne Barbeau, Paula Prentiss and Gary Lock- wood star in this presentation of Irwin Shaw’s story set in the breathtaking atmosphere of the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid. (Part 1) 8:30© THE BREADWINNER Pat Mingle, Lee Meriwether and Lance Kerwin star in this story of the hardship that befalls a family when the father is laid-off from his job. 9:00© ffi BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL Barbara Walters inter views talk-show host Johnny Car- son, country singer Johnny Cash and TV newsman Walter Cronkite. g 10:20 0 MIRAGE The true story of how the Israeli secret service per suaded a former jet engine designer to help smuggle thou sands of top secret plans from Switzerland to Israel is drama tized. tuesday movies MORNING 9:00© ★★ 1 /2 “Lady Godiva” (1956) Maureen O’Hara, George Nader. A Saxon lady’s ride through England during the Middle Ages brings defeat to the Norman invaders. AFTERNOON 3:00© ★★★★ “West Side Story” (Part 1X1961) Natalie Wood, Rich ard Beymer. A West Side boy falls in love with a Puerto Rican girl, adding fuel to the fire of a New York gang war. EVENING 1:000 O © “John Steinbeck’s ‘The Winter Of Our Discontent’ ” (Premiere) Donald Sutherland, Teri Garr. The complex relationships in a small New England town center around the scion of a once-pros- perous family who works as a gro cery store clerk. © ★★★ “Knute Rockne -- All American” (1940) Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan. The life of the famous Notre Dame football coach includes defeats as well as victo ries. 1:30© ★★V2 “Friday The Rabbi Slept Late” (1976) Art Carney, Stuart Margolin. A small-town police-chief investigates the case of a dead woman discovered on the steps of a synagogue. 2:00 © ★★Vi “You Belong To Me” (1941) Barbara Stanwyck, Edgar Buchanan. A wealthy man becomes jealous of his physician- wife’s patients. 2:30© ★★★ “Marlowe” (1969) James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt. After being hired by an alluring blonde to locate her missing brother, a private eye sets off in pursuit of a stripper he feels is connected with the disappear ance. 1:00© ★★ “The Spy With The Perfect Cover” (1966) Robert Lansing, Dana Wynter. An intelli gence agent is aided in his espionage work by the enemy's belief that he is dead. 1:45© ★★Vs “Murder One” (1969) Robert Conrad, Howard Duff. A deputy district attorney is assigned to indict a woman accused of causing the deaths of three people. 2:05© ★★ “Bathing Beauty” (1944) Red Skelton, Esther Wil liams. A composer enrolls in a girls' school to be near his new wife, who left him right after the wedding. 3:00© ★★Vs “Lady Godiva” (1956) Maureen O’Hara, George Nader. A Saxon lady’s ride through England during the Middle Ages brings defeat to the Norman invaders. 4:10© ★★ “Dick Tracy Versus Cueball” (1946) Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys. Based on the Ches ter Gould comic strip. A keen-eyed detective matches wits with a vicious and elusive crook.