Word: compacts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nineties student, it means a compact disc. That is, unless you're an Ec concentrator--then it means certificate of deposit. But to the Harvard student of the early sixties, CD stood for civil defense was at the core of an intense political, psychological and scientific debate that prompted 500 Harvard students to protest in front of the White House while others wrote editorials and responses to editorials back in Cambridge...
...technology available at this point is largely autoerotic. Pornographic compact discs were on the cutting edge in 1992, with items such as "Cyborgasm," a recording of various sexual situations. Most notable is the dominatrix episode, which features an audio mistress clicking a pair of scissors and saying, "snip, snip, snip!" Although "Cyborgasm," fancied itself revolutionary by "exploring new media for erotica," it was merely a novelty and more or less fell flat; the sex noises on it are barely more interesting than the ones heard through the average fire door. As CD-ROM drives for personal computers have become more...
...with Nunc Hic aut Numquam? Or his heartbreaking rendition of Tenere Me Ama? Well, chalk it up to sic gloria: a Finnish professor, Jukka Ammondt, has translated several of the singer's hits into Latin and, with the vocals provided by Finland's Eurovision Choir, put them on a compact disc. "Latin," says Ammondt, "is an eternal language, so what better way to immortalize a legend...
...most comprehensive copyright-enforcement agreement ever negotiated by the U. S. with another country. Just 12 days after U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor threatened trade sanctions on more than $1 billion in Chinese goods, the U.S. and China signed an accord to end the piracy of American-made movies, compact discs and computer software. "It is a win-win agreement," said deputy trade representative Charlene Barshefsky...
...both large and subatomic. On the theory that the dark stuff is made of some as yet undiscovered particle, they have built all manner of sensitive detectors. On the chance that it is composed of very dim stars or large planet-like objects (known collectively as MACHOS, or massive compact halo objects), they have studied stars for telltale flickers that might indicate a MACHO has passed...