Word: surround
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...Light and other Coors brews. Filled with carbonated water, the lucky cans look and feel the same as those that contain beer. But pull the tab, and a light-activated voice mechanism will proclaim you the winner of one of more than 40,000 prizes -- ranging from CDs to surround-sound audio systems -- valued at almost $1 million in all. Now, if you'd rather just have a beer, Coors will offer a refund or another beer, depending on state laws, says a spokeswoman...
...feeling. Most of the people live in the city's housing projects--brown brick buildings with narrow, dimly-lit corridors and miniature apartments. The schools, such as Thomas Jefferson High, have thick steel mesh spread across each broken window, and iron fences topped with masses of razor wire which surround the school and its playground...
This ideal extends beyond the realm of garden design to that of urban planning. Scully points out that gardens surround the chateau of Versailles on one side only; on the other lies the town, which is laid out according to a similar logic of hierarchy and rational order. Three avenues radiate out from the center of the chateau and seem to extend to the ends of the realm...
...book's primary action revolves around Jessel's latest assignment--he investigates the mysterious death of a man named Stephen Summerchild, who once held Jessel's own position. Rumors of espionage and exposed state secrets surround Summerchild's death and have aroused the interest of the press; the government tries to quiet them by assigning Jessel to investigate Summerchild's life and work...
Johnson is a relative newcomer to television, a fact regarded as a handicap by some, a strength by others. He admits he is still learning the medium. "I'm not going to try to become an expert in TV technology," he says. "I want to surround myself with people who are better than I am in the various disciplines. My job is to lead...