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Almost every suite on campus is home to some kind of hi-fi equipment, be it a boom box, a walkman (with or without speakers) or an elaborate stereo complete with the audio industry's hottest-selling gadget, the compact disc (cd) player...
Upperclass rooms typically have one stereo in the common room, and most house residents have also invested in boom boxes or walkmen with speakers for their bedrooms...
Still, just as personal computers have steadily improved in speed and power, so a doubled sampling rate and better playback equipment should eliminate many of the current complaints. "The compact disc is a technology still in its infancy," says Michael Smolen, senior editor of Stereo Review magazine. "By the time it reaches adulthood, there won't be any of these specious arguments...
...comfortable house full of books and tasteful furniture. Amid his predictable academic routine, the husband notices that his younger wife may be getting bored; when he comes home in the evenings, he finds her well into the wine they will drink with dinner and listening to opera on the stereo. Roger does not want to think too hard about this and many other things as well: "I am a depressive. It is very important for my mental well-being that I keep my thoughts directed away from areas of contemplation that might entangle me and pull me down...
...Andy Rooney or Agatha Christie, plus The New York Review of Books. Do not bring suntan lotion (you're here for two months, so you'll get sun eventually), anything to eat (you'll eat later at home and who wants to deal with the mess) a portable stereo (please, if you need music, bring a Walkman--people are reading). As you can see, the don't-brings are just as important in maintaining and cultivating the image as the do-brings...