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Mathematica 6 lets you immediately introduce any number of controls.
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Manipulate[
 Graphics[{Opacity[.75, Red], 
   Table[Disk[Sqrt[i] {Sin[i (a Degree)], Cos[i (a Degree)]}, 
     size], {i, 0, n}]}, PlotRange -> Sqrt[n] + size ],
 {{n, 100, "number of disks"}, 1, 300},
 {{size, .75, "radius of disks"}, 0.1, 2},
 {{a, 137.5, "angle"}, 0, 180, Appearance -> "Labeled"}]
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