Word: kit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...newest release. "Pretending" leads off with a clever little piano introduction which segues into a brief Clapton guitar riff. But, as in much of Clapton's '80s releases, his guitar is kept firmly in the background, behind synthesized horns and a synth organ, dominated by a programmed drum kit which keeps an unnecessarily imposing beat...
Zenith had expanded into computers to reduce its reliance on TVs, a business that low-cost foreign producers were beginning to dominate. The company bought the electronics-kit maker Heath in 1979 and expanded the division to include a line of laptop computers. Zenith's machines are now among the world's best sellers, bringing in about 60% of the company's revenues of $2.7 billion. With this deal, Bull will become the largest European-based computer maker...
...read Kit Troyer's review of "Black Rain," I learned that this tradition continues. It was the height of irony to find that in the same review of a movie denounced for "reinforc[ing] some long-standing racial stereotypes," the author describes one character as a "Japanese mafioso." Does the Editorial Board (which offered no disclaimer) express the belief that criminals worldwide owe their existence to an illicit network originating on Sicily at the turn of this century? Or is your belief that Italians are in general archetypal criminals...
...technique that can be used to end a pregnancy through the eighth week. At a recent meeting in Dallas, sponsored by the local unit of the National Organization for Women, more than 100 women saw a 30-minute videotape that showed how the procedure is performed with a $90 kit containing a glass jar, plastic tubing and a special syringe. "We're being realistic," says Charlotte Taft, an abortion-clinic director who spoke at the meeting. "When abortion becomes illegal, not many physicians will risk losing their licenses. If I have a choice between going to a group of caring...
Mourning, who tied the score, 49-49, with a pair of free throws, blocked a three-point attempt by Princeton's Bob Scrabis with six seconds left and tipped a shot by Kit Mueller as the buzzer sounded...