Word: blankings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reason: musicmakers resisted devices that could enable consumers to create free, mint- condition copies of their favorite albums. But last week the hardware makers and the music producers reached a truce, agreeing on a plan under which small royalties will be charged on all digital recording equipment (2%) and blank tapes and disks (3%). The royalties will be distributed to musicians in proportion to their record sales. If okayed by Congress, the draft legislation could provide a boost for digital audiotape and two new formats heading for the market: the digital compact cassette and the recordable mini disk...
...below the market price; at week's end, the shares were quoted at 65 7/8, up 23 3/4 since Jan. 2. The idea is to inspire a strong sense of loyalty, which translates into the customer service that is a key to the firm's success. Admits president Arthur Blank: "The real difference between us and everyone else is not in the merchandise...
...slaughter, not sport, with no vestige of a fair contest between man and beast. In pursuit of a trophy to hang on the wall or a videotape of their exploits, well-to-do hunters in the U.S. are paying thousands of dollars to shoot defenseless exotic animals at point-blank range. There is no accurate count of the number of such killings, but authorities are finally beginning to crack down on them...
Characteristic of the squad's problems all season, Harvard could not put the ball in the net. Princeton tallied twice in each half to blank the Crimson, 4-0, and take Harvard out of the race...
When I stare at a blank 7.5" X 8.25" piece of paper and press my pen upon it, I enlist my personal politics. As a liberal independent and Democratic sympathizer, I am not shy to evince those sentiments in my art. My cartoon is really an expression of my activism. Although I may not participate in sit-ins and demonstrations, I do enjoy the opportunity to air my thoughts in a public forum...