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PRINCETON--'Duh, duh, duh--Another one bites the dust," a lone stereo blasted across an empty and immaculate Princeton courtyard Yesterday, sounding an eerie warning to the few passersby...
...cost. The first of these is the two-band unit, covering both AM and FM; it has a carrying strap and a rear mounted switch for selecting AM or FM, a telescoping antenna and a jack for an in-the-ear headphone. It's possible to pick up stereo FM stations but these portables are designed for mono only, and have just a single small speaker. The power source is a single 9-volt battery. Total weight, including the battery, is about 10 ounces...
Some of the larger portables are designed for stereo FM and use a pair of 4" to 6" speakers. But because the speakers are separated by a few inches, all sound, whether stereo or not, will be heard in mono only...
Breaking Glass was given tuxedo reception at Cannes, confidently announced as a "post-punk" tale, with stereo Dolby treatment, and followed by a blow-out reception, dubbed "event of the year" by some hyperbolic press bulletins. The film details the rise and fall of a London band (bearing many resemblances to X-Ray Spex), with street-found star Hazel O'Connor as leader of the idealistic group. She self-promotes on subways, takes on gigs at skinhead pubs and political rallies, and ends up with record contract and sold-out laser light shows. Phil Daniels, star of last year...
...back, the first silver needle pricked the skin of my instep. The sensation was so slight it was as though I had brushed a filament of stereo speaker wire or touched the tip of a thorn. The needle was so fine and flexible that if not in the hands of an expert, it would have bent when meeting my skin rather than sticking. The next sets of needles went into my wrist, chest, abdomen and lower neck. I had been a pin cushion for 20 minutes before he at last applied his needles to the area I needed treated...