Word: stereos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. William Lear, 75, restlessly creative inventor whose farsighted triumphs include the first practical car radio, the autopilot for airplanes, the eight-track stereo cartridge and, more recently, the Learjet; of leukemia; in Reno. Throughout a prodigious career that eventually netted him more than 150 patents, Lear delighted in tackling "impossible" problems. Intrigued by the prospect of designing his own plane, Lear severed connections in 1962 with the electronics firm he had founded, anted up $11 million of his personal fortune, squeezed bank loans and tapped his children's trust funds to finance production of the small, streamlined...
...best and brightest new chariots have power brakes and steering, automatic transmission, air conditioning, pushbutton everything, burnished walnut burl paneling, 18 layers of paint, bark-tanned glove-leather upholstery, gold-plated fixtures, eight-track stereo and, at extra cost, carpeting of ermine, mink or chinchilla...
...speaking of crew, you'll be able to catch both the men's lightweight and heavyweight crews, if you play your stereo right. Both of these teams are going to be on the Charles, but only the lightweight crew is at home. They'll be facing Navy in the Haines Cup race. The winner gets a year's supply of panty hose, no charge. The fun will start at 9:45 Saturday morning when the frosh shove off, continues through the J.V. race at 10:45 and climaxes with the varsity encounter...
...baby before. But everything seemed pleasantly reassuring. Instead of a cold, sterile delivery ward, she entered what might have been a cheery, yellow-tinted bedroom in suburbia furnished with rocking chairs and an old-fashioned walnut armoire. Well-tended plants hung from the ceiling. There was even a stereo to play Mickey's favorite music. During the long, painful hours of labor, she was free to get up and pace the corridors. Her husband Bruce was at her side during the critical moments of delivery. Almost immediately afterward, the doctor handed him the squealing infant, and the awed father...
...industry experts believe, the chips will indirectly give rise to a whole new industry of "software"companies to develop and market the programs that computers need to perform their tasks. Explains Richard Melmon, director of marketing for Umtech Corp., a maker of home computers: "No one would buy a stereo hi-fi if he could not also buy records or tapes to play on it, and it's the same with computers. We soon will see the dawn of a whole new kind of publishing industry...