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...write at least her conclusion. She glanced at the placard on the wall above her that had "TYPE" in block letters, but its hypnotic effect had long worn off. She adjusted the pillow she was sitting on, thumbed through her notecards, and decided to put some Tchaikovsky on the stereo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CREATION OF A THESIS | 4/10/1981 | See Source »

...million). Swissair's strategy is to pamper its passengers, especially business travelers, who make up an astonishing two-thirds of its customers within Europe. First-class flyers, for example, sink into seats covered in brown leather instead of common cloth, and they can listen to music over stereo headsets rather than through plastic earplugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting Frills | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...Veronica Lee '81 said she entered her room Thursday and found that the workmen painting the ceiling had left paint on a valuable frame, antique drawings and her stereo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Complains B & G Workers Damaged Property | 4/4/1981 | See Source »

...frame has its own number. For instance, on a disc that contains images of art masterpieces, a viewer could jump from a picture of Rembrandt's Self-Portrait to Degas's Ballet Scene in a matter of seconds. Sound for the program can also be reproduced in stereo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three's a Crowd in Videodiscs | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

Next fall a third videodisc system, VHD, will be introduced by Japan Victor Co., a subsidiary of the giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., and other firms. Although it uses a diamond stylus, like the RCA system, it will have the random access features and stereo sound capability similar to the laser systems. These machines will be priced somewhere between SelectaVision and the laser systems and sold in the U.S. under the Panasonic, JVC, Quasar and General Electric brand names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three's a Crowd in Videodiscs | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

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