Word: neutral
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first digital broadcasts will begin in a little over a month. This much anticipated debut would seem to be terrific news for tube lovers. As promised, the sets deliver supersharp digital pictures, wide-format movie-style screens and magnificent stereo surround sound. And thanks to the content-neutral nature of digital signals--"Bits are bits," they like to say in TV circles these days--you could wind up seeing web pages and e-mail on your HDTV...
...This neutral color, say fashion retailer, is fast becoming the new basic for all wardrobes, and unlike the now-fading brown craze of the past two years, investing in gray may not only keep you a la mode today, but will probably be useful for many years to come...
...that it show an understanding of the Soviets' position as well as the West's, the series will come under extra scrutiny. "The idea," says Isaacs, was "to tell the story of the cold war not wrapped in Old Glory but from the viewpoints of both protagonists." The neutral tone may perturb those who desire more explicit condemnation, but the facts about the Soviets are allowed to speak for themselves. "It comes loud and clear," says Gaddis, "that there were great moral deficiencies in the Soviet empire." As for the portrayal of the U.S., there may be some lapses...
With the assistance of an 84-foot radiotelescope in Harvard, Mass., Horowitz and his assistants listen for frequencies near the neutral hydrogen line, which could indicate the existence of life in outer space...
...frequencies should be "nice and quiet" and located "near the neutral hydrogen line," according to Leigh...