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...Alone," which sounds like Donna Summer having lost her lyric sheet, or the let's-play-with-synthesizers "Noises", which musically proves its lyrical intent--"Noises: the sound of mediocrity." The obligatory Hunter ballads sound tired--"Old Records Never Die" is certainly the result of a bottom-of-the-barrel search for a hero--and "Rain" is a sedative that goes nowhere...
Standing in line at the supermarket is not usually a barrel of laughs. But at Albertson's Food Center in San Jose, Calif., the checkout counter is turning out to be the most entertaining part of the visit. Albertson's, along with five other U.S. supermarkets, has installed a tiny black box manufactured by National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif. The device electronically simulates a woman's voice calling out the price of each item, the total bill and the amount of change owed shoppers. The machine, dubbed POSitalker, is usually connected to a so-called...
...tried to shield him with a couple of chairs," Abu Ghazala said later. "I felt the bullets flying all around me. I could feel the heat of them. Twice I thought it was all over: when I saw the grenade flying toward me, and when I saw a gun barrel right in my face, just five feet away from...
...assassin. The film stock looks grainy, murky, like a kinescope of some 1948 "Kraft Television Theater" production. Afterimages cast a split-second shadow on every movement. Then a sound is heard, a soldier arms his rifle, a shot is fired-and bright red flame spits out of the barrel. The sky is suddenly soiled pink with brooding clouds. Lightning flashes, and it is as unnaturally red as the gun blast. The forces of nature are gathering to announce the beginning of a thundering melodrama-one in which the technique provides the action...
...producers' troubles are expected to push down crude prices, which have already been sagging as the economy slows and consumption diminishes. One OPEC member, Nigeria, last week sliced $4 off the price of a barrel of its high-quality oil, bringing the cost down to $36 per bbl., and inviting price cuts from competitors like Libya and Algeria...