Word: compacts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...People are too drunk to stay in the store long enough to buy anything," said John Pinkney, manager of Boston Compact Discs...
...French scientists aboard the Suroit, operated by the Paris-based Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER). The two ships bristled with several million dollars' worth of sophisticated equipment. It included a high-resolution sonar device that can trace precisely the contours of the ocean floor, and a compact submersible vessel towed like a sled on a cable, which relayed photographs and videotape confirming the Titanic find. For some of the investigators, the biggest thrill was that their experimental equipment worked. "This allows us to open up deep-sea exploration on a much, much larger scale than before," says...
...That curiosity received a boost three years ago when the Navy decided to finance the development of a sophisticated submersible photographic vessel, christened Argo (see box). It was Ballard who suggested that the Argo's maiden task be to seek the Titanic. Knorr set sail three months ago, the compact submersible on board; after performing routine explorations off the coast of San Juan and the Azores, the crew arrived at the Titanic target zone in the rough seas of the North Atlantic in late August...
...short-barreled machine pistol "a piece of junk" that is difficult to control. Miami Police Officer Robert P. Davis, who has tested MACs, disagrees: "They are devastating in automatic form. They are like spraying water from a hose." The MAC-10 greatly outnumbers another gun favored by criminals, the compact Israeli-made UZI. That well-built weapon is more accurate, but it is more expensive at around $700 and far more complicated to convert to automatic firing. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms unintentionally gave the MAC a boost in the underworld in 1979 when it classified...
...arched doorways have been cut into the south wall, alas, diffusing some of the compact power of the hall, but direct passageways to the wide open spaces of the train shed were deemed essential. Out there, things do get interesting. The vast, gently arched roof is a 110-ft.-high web of steel trusses fitted with alternating wall-to-wall strips of clear glass and unpainted wood planks. The glass and fir are all new, but almost every bit of steel, 2,700 tons, is original. The space is gloriously scaled, and the strips of roof make for neat plays...