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...keyboard is not only becoming pervasive across the U.S. but is also affecting the way music is learned and appreciated. Ever since the boards first hit the market in the early 1980s, rappers, rockers and street musicians have known that they were onto something cool. The sleek, usually portable instruments offered a solid beat, a big sound and all sorts of groovy techno- twists at a manageable price. Today keyboards are about a $600 million-a- year business. Some 15 million have been sold in the U.S. alone, where unit sales of electronic keyboards have outpaced the traditional acoustic-piano...
...squash as the Cadillac is to the car world," sophomore George Polsky says. "He's got that sleek, lanky frame and he moves just so smoothly out there. He's not all that flashy, but he'll get the job down. In a Churchellian sense of the word, he's a classy dude...
...both sides of the street, signs advertise "Condominiums Available" and "Now Leasing Office Space." High-rise condominiums, towering office buildings and sleek mini-shopping centers with high-tech stores and trendy boutiques dot the landscape...
...manner to which he wanted to become accustomed. He sports Hermes silk ties accented with a silver collar pin, well-tailored suits and monogrammed shirts with French cuffs. He and Alma live in a new four-bedroom town house just west of Washington's Rock Creek Park, with a sleek black Jaguar in the driveway. Their son Michael is a law student at the University of Delaware; daughter Tracy is a senior at Boston College...
When Toyota unveiled its sleek new line of luxury cars last week at auto shows in Detroit and Los Angeles, nervous company officials stood by with rolls of tape. Their task: to cover up the new product's name, Lexus, if a three-judge appellate panel in New York City barred Toyota from using it. Not until the judges permitted the name to be used, at least through Jan. 30, did the Toyota employees return to wholehearted sales pitches for the stylish car, which will compete in the $20,000-to-$40,000 price range...