Word: compacter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ballet masters in chief). In 1944 he expanded his ballet Fancy Free into On the Town, which Abbott directed. Betty Comden, the show's coauthor, recalls the young Robbins: "He was wonderful looking, with his dark, dark burning eyes and his wiry, great figure -- a compact ball of energy. He still...
...Nissan pickup, his reputation precedes him. Anyone within a several-block radius can hear Tabarez coming, for he drives what is known as a "boom car." The auto mechanic from Gardena, Calif., spent $8,000 to install the vehicle's current stereo system, which comprises a deluxe Alpine 7902 compact-disc player, two heavy-duty Orion amplifiers and 32 speakers. His rig can deliver a bone-jarring 144 decibels of sound. "I just got carried away," he admits...
...radio-cassette player: innocuous-looking, compact, popular with travelers. To a terrorist, the perfect place to conceal a bomb. British authorities concluded last week that the explosive device that blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December was hidden in a radio-cassette player. The Federal Aviation Administration immediately advised tighter checks on electronic goods at airports...
...while most people say that the changes are not for the worse, they add that the pace has quickened for this once-slow stretch between two of Cambridge's busiest areas. A new, high-tech way of life has moved in, with an upscale grocery store, a compact disc shop and futon vendors now lining the street...
These TV sagas allow the audience to relive a sensational news story in a compact two- or four-hour chunk, with climaxes italicized and ambiguities excised. More subtly, they help viewers cope with tragic events by imparting the foreknowledge of God. Seemingly random occurrences of day-to-day life take on major significance with TV-movie hindsight. Early in Karen Carpenter, the teen-age Richard Carpenter grabs a pizza from his little sister. "You don't want to get fat, do you?" he taunts. Ah, if only they knew...