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...acceptance factor." That is to say, if you pull into the driveway with a particular piece of electronics, would your spouse deny or grant you entry into the house? Thanks to DVD, digital satellite and cable, and the latest game consoles like the Xbox 360, the need for a surround-sound setup is ever greater, and so a lot of thought now goes into minimizing the aesthetic footprint of the required five speakers and subwoofer. Yamaha's compact YSP-800 not only replaces five speakers and provides an amplifier to boot, but it does it at a relatively affordable price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yamaha YSP-800 Digital Sound Projector | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...totally high-def. If you have an HD TV set, you can see photos and other content (games, etc.) at the sharpest resolution possible. I was happy that it included wires to connect to my high-definition television. It also has a slot for the optical wire that transmits surround sound audio to a full-fledged Dolby Digital receiver, though you need to buy the optical wire itself at RadioShack or some other electronics shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Xbox 360 | 11/23/2005 | See Source »

Those are the historical skeletons that have dogged the Harvard basketball program for decades and that will continue to surround a talented Crimson squad in the wake of Harvard’s second-place preseason selection...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HARVARD BASKETBALL 2005-06: One Last Chance To Reverse History | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...clusters of high-rise, rent-subsidized housing projects lost their early allure as once-abundant jobs vanished, unemployment rose, and incomes plummeted. As France's economy slowed, conditions in the banlieue began to erode, public services were scaled back, and the geographic segregation from the affluent cities such projects surround eventually produced enclave cultures and "parallel economies" built on criminal activity and drug sales. Isolation gave rise to increased lawlessness and turf mentalities; for years now, utility workers, ambulance drivers, fire fighters, and even police have refused calls for help from the worst banlieues for fear of walking into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Muslim Youth Want In, Not Out | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

...prefaced each act admirably by reciting summaries of the drama’s parts, multiple complex names made the plotline from Hindu mythology hard to follow. Thus, audience understanding of the program might have benefited from written summaries. In the first act of the show, the square surround seating at Lowell Lecture Hall hampered viewing since the dancers only faced one side; in contrast, during the second act’s use of the entire stage, the architecture increased the accessibility of the work, allowing audiences to experience all dimensions of the play. In her story, Chamundeshwari Devi resoundingly defeats...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Indian Heroine Drama Impresses | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

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