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Until recently, the most refined TVs spent their lives disguised as pieces of French provincial or early American furniture. But in much the same way the console hi-fi set was split into separate components 20 years ago and turned into the stereo sound system, the TV now comes in high-tech building blocks with vastly improved capabilities. This marks the biggest change to hit TV since color sets began replacing black-and-white ones in the early '60s. Says Lenny Mattioli, a video dealer in Madison, Wis.: "It used to be that...
...nearing completion. Scores of foreign-owned operations, including those of such giants as PepsiCo, Citibank and Sanyo, have streamed into the area, where a decidedly unsocialist billboard exhorts, TIME IS MONEY! EFFICIENCY IS LIFE! In the midst of those developments, many peasant families own three-story houses furnished with stereo systems, refrigerators and color TVs (sometimes two per family so that parents can watch one program and children another). When Deng Xiaoping, 79, China's de facto leader, paid a visit in January, he asked one resident how much he earned. Upon hearing the reply (more than $300 a month...
Warren's winnings include a $30,000 Corvette, a $2200 trip to the Bahamas, a $1200 stereo, an oven, a range, a recliner, and $3100 in cash...
Receiver Ripoff: A stereo receiver valued at $250 was reported taken from room 311 at Lamont Library between April 6 and 16 while the office's occupant was on vacation...
...child knows that software is the soul of the machine. Without software, a computer is little more than a hunk of plastic and silicon that might as well be used as a doorstop. A computer without software is like a car without gasoline, a camera without film, a stereo without records. This year Americans will spend an estimated $65 billion on computers of all kinds. They will lay down an additional $16.2 billion for the software that makes the machines do their magic...