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...words were later etched in wax. Thanks to Michigan State University's new National Voice Library, Americans can now hear his speech, along with 16,000 other voices and sounds going back to the 1880s-everything from Gladstone hailing "the triumph of the phonograph" to Billy
Reynolds testified that in 1959 Bobby Baker suggested that Reynolds might further show his gratitude by giving a stereo phonograph to the Johnson family. Again Reynolds went along. "I supplied Bobby with a catalogue," said Reynolds, "and he said he had taken it out for Mrs. Johnson to make a selection." Reynolds told the committee that he purchased a set and had it installed in Johnson's home at a cost of $588. Did Johnson know, asked West Virginia's Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, that the stereo was a gift from Reynolds? Replied Reynolds: "The invoice delivered...
...condition ing, this is more easily said than done. Even if it can be done, excessive humidity results in moisture condensing on the windows in cold weather. The second is to spray antistatic chemicals on the rug. But the available antistatic sprays, which are similar to preparations for neutralizing phonograph records, are only temporarily effective and tend to leave a tacky residue that makes them get dirty more easily. The third method is to weave copper wires into the warp and woof of the carpet and then ground the whole thing onto a convenient water or radiator pipe. Since this...
Among the surfeit of phonograph records that were put on the market last year, a few merit special attention. An even smaller number seem especially appropriate as Christmas gifts of music. A selective list of the year's best: Beethoven...
...television programs when nobody is home, making it possible for a viewer to run off a show exactly when he wants to see it. In fact, the day may come when plays, concerts or operas are video-taped by professional companies and sold to the home market the way phonograph records...