Word: hi-fi
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...purchase, assemble and operate a first-class hi-fi set, a man once had to have the patience of Job, the funds of Croesus and the genius of Edison. In order to find just the right amplifier (power unit), preamplifier (the one with all those knobs), turntable (where the records spin), tuner (hifi for FM radio) and speakers, he had to compare the wares of a large range of component part companies, shell out as much as $1,500, and spend as long as a week hooking all the parts together. The only alternative was a cheap portable phonograph that...
...fishing nation. Some 155 fish-meal plants now operate along the coast. In the north-coast town of Chimbote, the population has exploded from 5,000 to 150,000 in the past 20 years. New taxis clog the city's streets, and neon signs wink brightly all night; hi-fi shops blare out cha chas; Indian mopsters sip beer and lethal-looking, yellow-green "Inca Kolas" and fill up vacant walls with "Vivan los Beatles...
...carpet in the drawing room of Windsor Castle, then asked 120 chums over for a dinner of hors d'oeuvres and turkey. Main course was the frug, to the big beat played for Their Highnesses by a disk jockey who rents himself and his $3,000 hi-fi rig for just such occasions. Party over, host and hostess hopped off with Prince Philip to Liechtenstein for a few days of skiing-but not before taking in a Paris hoite, where Princess Anne relaxed enough over a glass of red Margaux (vintage: '53) to toss kisses...
Some purists felt the timbre of the auditorium to be more on the brilliant or hi-fi side, in contrast to the mellow tones of Europe's more ancient structures. But at intermission time, Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky turned to Jack Benny, sitting just beside him, and said, "Aren't the acoustics wonderful...
...chains still stock plenty of merchandise that is tasteless or downright tawdry, but they are also selling more and more higher-quality, higher-profit items. Kresge's K-Marts now offer some 35,000 items, including such new additions as hi-fi sets and frozen string beans. Woolworth's stocks diamond rings at $99.95, electric organs at $79.95 and canned Scottish pheasant at $6.98, has become the nation's largest retailer of records (40 million last year) and paperback books (15 million). Already the world's largest restaurant chain (1,706 luncheonettes), it is also planning...