Word: disc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because if your brain is just a machine, it's a machine that can do one trick that computers have no hope of doing. A trick that is intrinsic to the machinery, that can't be duplicated onto some other machine, stored on a disc, reworked by smart programmers or appropriated by Microsoft. Because of the stuff it is made of, or the way its parts are arranged, the brain is a machine that is capable of creating an "I." Brains can summon mental worlds into being, and computers...
...friends about the phenomenon, and they all agree the homogeneity isn't as much a result of shared taste as it is a matter of convenience; a consensus builds that most of the songs following me from party to party can be found on a single compact disc...
...course, none of my friends admit to knowing the title, let alone owning the disc. But I was determined to dig deeper, so I ventured out to Newbury Comics. And wouldn't you know it, the store known for it's wicked coolness features not only a veritable library of Charles Bukowski fiction, it also carries a large supply of "Ultimate Dance Party 1997," an Arista release. The album contains such classics as "[It's A] Beautiful Life," and the late but great "Macarena...
...when asked about his ambitions. He says he's happy being a Senator, a legislator who, as he puts it, "likes to work and get things done around here." Besides, he's busy nurturing a late-blooming secondary career writing lyrics to spiritual and patriotic songs. His first compact disc of 13 religious songs is due out next month. In a ballad dedicated to his wife and put to country music, Hatch wrote, "I've gotten everything I wanted, everything I've been hoping for." That's a claim Hatch's opponents hope doesn't stay true for long...
...digital radio would probably not attract enough customers to wipe out local stations, the FCC says. One possible reason: the end of free radio. Like cable TV, digital radio comes at a price, currently projected at between $5 and $10 per month. Using a special radio equipped with a disc-shaped antenna, customers could select a package of channels dedicated to specific topics like weather, sports or opera, or receive up-to-the-minute stock quotes for their car radio. Despite the risk involved, four companies are ready to take the plunge. CD Radio of Washington, D.C., American Mobile Satellite...