Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convicts have allegedly confessed to committing, separately and together, hundreds of murders. Though their claims may ultimately prove to be exaggerated, law-enforcement officials say that one or both are prime suspects in 97 cases in 13 states. Their grisly story, says one Florida police official, "makes Charles Manson sound like Tom Sawyer...
They have names like FX-1, NX-21, MX-02 and TAC3, and features that make them sound like K.I.T.T., the computerized car that is a star of the TV show Knight Rider. They warn a driver when he is too close to the car in front of him or on the verge of falling asleep at the wheel. They understand a command to go faster, and computers under their dashboards plot the car's exact location. They can move sideways, crablike, to park and have memories to recall seating and mirror positions...
...squash court under Lowell's A Entry, but was moved to-I Entry after Cambridge officials ruled the location a fire hazard. They needn't have worried. Even though Wingrove kindles sufficient sparks in his actors. Tremblay's wintry script ensures that if the smoke detractors do sound in Lowell's asbestos-lined corridors, it will be just another false alarm...
Congratulations to Olympics Organizer Peter Ueberroth for his sound management ideas [Oct. 17]. It is too bad Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau did not have such creative talent when he was host to the 1976 Olympics. I, my children and even my grandchildren will be paying for those Games for years to come...
...with sinking disappointment that I eyed the latest arrival along Mt. Auburn St., Gelateria Giuseppe. Translated that means sugar, and butterfat and crunch wafer cones--is this beginning to sound familiar? At my count, that brings to nine the number of ice cream emporiums a cone's throw from the Harvard T stop. What are they bringing into a world already complicated by oatmeal cookie vs. pina colada...