Word: compaction
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...employee at Newbury Comics, which sells books, comics, compact discs and tapes, described past months as busy, but said recent sales were only "mediocre" at best. The employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, attributed the low sales not only to competition from the larger music stores but also to a generally slow retail season...
Much of this holds true for the women's lacrosse team as well. They, too, are struggling through an awkward practice schedule at Lavietes, an area entirely too compact for an effective workout...
Whatever the personal relationship between Eppard and Shuster, the story has drawn attention to another, more common type of intimacy between Congress members and those who seek to influence them. Says Josh Goldstein of the Center for Responsive Politics: "His situation really describes in a compact way the culture of Washington." Even while working as a lobbyist, Eppard heads a fund-raising operation for Shuster that in 1995 surpassed $600,000. The effort is all the more remarkable as he has run unopposed since 1984, when he trounced Nancy Kulp, who played Jane Hathaway on the Beverly Hillbillies. In November...
BEIJING, CHINA: With the possibliity of more than $1 billion in potential sanctions looming, Chinese officials insisted at a Tuesday press conference that they have "effectively controlled" piracy of films, compact disks and software. Citing last year's bilateral agreement on intellectual property, American trade representative Mickey Kantor cautioned that the sanctions could be enforced if China does not live up to its side of the bargain, and President Clinton chooses not to grant a waver. The warning has the Chinese grandly flourishing their efforts to convince the U.S. that they are complying before the deal is reviewed on February...
...MATURE INDUSTRY, A REALLY NEW product can mean big money. (Think compact discs.) Or just big losses. (Think New Coke.) Last week five famous names in photography took the plunge. Film giants Kodak and Fuji, along with cameramakers Canon, Nikon and Minolta, jointly introduced the Advanced Photo System (APS), the first new approach to film-based picture taking since the early 1980s...