@hash{ @keynames } = @valuelist;  # Assign values to a bunch 
                                  # of keynames at once.

@valuelist = @hash{ @keynames };  # Grab a bunch of values given 
                                  # a list of keynames.

( $address, $phone ) = @{$people{ $name }}{ 'address', 'phone' }; 
                                  # Grab individual fields
                                  # from a record.