Word: stereos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter is a marvelous neighbor, friend and Sunday-school counselor. His White House after 3½ years is heavily flavored with the tiny routines of being nice. Grace at every meal, prayer and Bible reading, personal notes, Willie Nelson on the stereo, the leafy glens of Camp David, three miles of jogging in the cool summer mornings, Sunday school in the balcony of the First Baptist Church...
...What do you mean you don't have a stereo? I don't have a stereo either. How are we going to live at college without a stereo? Everybody at college has a stereo...
...Yard, as you stumble into classes on Monday and eat your first special from Elsie's and sample the Oreo cookie Ice Cream at Belgian Fudge, it will all seem very calm. As the wind blows through the Yard and your roommate plays James Taylor on the stereo and the men or women next door begin to share their secrets, it may even seem idyllic. For you will be part of Harvard--like 345 classes before you--and even if you don't fall in love the first week or have coffee with your professor, it will all seem pretty...
...movie title says, "Can't Stop the Music," at least on city streets. A cacophony of portable radios and tape players blares from every corner, park bench, bus and subway. But now Sony has come out with a sidewalk stereo that is not a noise polluter. About the size of a paperback book, the 14-oz. Walkman is a cassette player that can be hung from the neck, strapped to a belt or simply carried in a pocket. Attached is a headset with half-dollar-size earphones that provide true stereo sound. Best of all, the Walkman (just under...
Firebrand journalism has cooled noticeably since the searing '60s. New Times has folded, Rolling Stone has retreated into rock-'n'-roll coverage, and "alternative" weeklies have found that stereo-equipment supplements are more lucrative than political manifestoes. But at least one rallying cry can still be heard above the mellowspeak. It comes from the San Francisco-based monthly Mother Jones (circ. 222,000), which calls itself "a magazine for the rest...