Word: compact
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...Porter Square also boasts Boston Bed and Bath, where you can pick up a compact summer folding chair for under $15, perfect for those balmy days in the Yard. For those with less stringent budgets, Pier 1 Imports is located just upstairs...
...When CD players first arrived in 1982, audiophiles complained that the tinny digital recordings lacked the warmth of analog LPs. Now Super Audio CD, a new format co-created by Sony and Philips, uses a simplified digitization process to put the subtlety of LP sound on clear, hiss-free compact discs. SACD debuts this month in Japan, and will go on sale in the U.S. in the fall. The true test? Whether a generation raised on Discman can tell the difference...
...through a gate. In fact, it doesn t go anywhere. It is produced where it is perceived: in the brain. The stimulus arriving from the sensory nerve alerts the brain, which produces the pain experience on its own. The pain perceptions are like the tracks on a record or compact disk, waiting to be "played." The arrival of the nerve stimulus, as Gawande writes, simply hits the play button. "And," he adds, "a great many things can press the button...
Russian funny man and ultranationalist parliamentarian VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY took time out of his legislative duties last week to celebrate the release of his first compact disc, a collection of pop tunes titled The Real Colonel. Zhirinovsky, once considered a leading contender for the presidency, held the celebration at Dolls, one of Moscow's more distinguished strip clubs. The head of the Liberal Democratic Party thrilled the audience when he took the stage and, surrounded by dancers, alternately recited song lyrics and denounced NATO. But the Russian citizenry is never far from his mind. "[Zhirinovsky] is above all a politician," said...
...group will meet with state legislators to discuss funding for the program and to teach the students how the government gives grants. Each year, the program receives about $13,000 from the Massachusetts Campus Compact, an agency which funds community service projects that gets state money...