Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Almost every suite on campus is home to some kind of hi-fi equipment, be it a boom box, a walkman (with or without speakers) or an elaborate stereo complete with the audio industry's hottest-selling gadget, the compact disc (cd) player...
...Quincy House suite of Phil E. Ross '88 is fairly typical. "There are eight of us, with two common rooms. We have two major stereo systems and about 15 walk men between us. I also have a jam box that I use in my room if I don't want to listen to what's playing in the common room," he says...
...terms of music in the suite, however, students who don't want to plunk down substantial amounts of cash for a stereo invest in a boom box rather than oversize speakers for a walkman. Discount Records, on John F. Kennedy St., sells 10 to 15 walkman speaker sets a week versus 20 boom boxes. And walkman speakers are becoming more popular, says Patrick S. Pezzati, the store's assistant manager...
Early in the second half, Northeastern, taking advantage of five succesive penalty corners, flung a barrage of shots toward the Harvard goal. Three of those shots slipped past Katsias, who was charging out of the goalie's box on the penalty corners. But on each occasion defender Jane Grim slipped into position to deflect the shot...
Step by step, Tisch's concerns were drawing him closer to Paley. The former chairman had his own grievances against Wyman (see box). As CBS-TV's fortunes declined, Paley fumed at the fact that Wyman never consulted him. Said a CBS board source: "He believes he can still put his imprint on programming...