Word: compacted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First, why would anyone want to get rid of his old reliable videotape player? For the same reasons that music lovers upgraded from record players to audio CDs: superior quality, compact storage and the ability to hop quickly to a precise spot in the programming. I've been trying out a Panasonic DVD A310 ($599), and am surprised that the picture really does look twice as good as those blurry images my half-as-expensive, suddenly depressing VCR has been grinding out. That's because VHS recorders typically display movies at about 240 lines of resolution; digital video paints...
...torchiere-style lamps are free-standing floor models with three compact fluorescent tubes and a reflector on the bulb. The lamps can be set to three levels of brightness...
...Geffen Contemporary. The plates couldn't be craned in through its doors, and so, recalls the museum's director, Richard Koshalek, "we took the direct way. We just cut a big hole in the back wall and had the trucks drive straight in." Then, with the help of a compact but powerful lifting crane whose last major job had been to jack up the concrete slabs of Los Angeles' freeways after they pancaked in the 1994 earthquake, the curved metal slabs were fitted together: seven sculptures, each the size of a house, each open at the top but defining...
...control periodic market cycles that rebuild neighborhoods. But we can help residents remain in their homes and reverse neighborhood disinvestment. We can bring business, government and community together in a compact for affordable housing and stable communities...
...radios aren't just for police officers and truck drivers. At least that's what Motorola is banking on with its new Iden i1000 ($300; available from Nextel), a compact cell phone that doubles as a two-way radio and pager. The radio function works within a 150-mile range and is best for quick communication with co-workers or family members with the same phone. Pricier cell-phone calls can connect you anywhere...