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...discovery that no other species has managed to amass as much money in so little time. By far the richest of God's creations, Man has the funds to search and ponder his place among the creatures of the Earth and then watch the reruns on his VCR...
There is enough space to put in rooms where bands could play to anyone who wanted to listen, lounges for VCR movies, or just places for people to see and be seen. The building would also be a great place to display student...
Like the rough frontier males of the Old West eyeballing the first shipment of schoolmarms from back East, the porn industry (estimated annual U.S. sales: $8 billion) is beginning to reshape itself to accommodate women. The pressure is largely an unforeseen by-product of the VCR revolution. Males who once trekked to sleazy inner-city theaters began to take porn videotapes home. Wives and lovers started to make their opinions felt, and their voices began to affect the market...
...porn can melt when the product is cleaned up a bit and presented at home, where the woman can feel safe and treat the movie as a prelude to lovemaking. Women account for perhaps 40% of the estimated 100 million rentals of X-rated tapes each year. "The VCR put porno where it belongs: in people's bedrooms," says an executive vice president for one porn house, Essex Productions of Chatsworth, Calif. "I never felt it belonged in theaters. People feel that in the comfort of their own homes, they are allowed to be a little wicked...
...suite to hold meetings with colleagues, entertain clients and relax after hours. Each den has reference books and a desk filled with such basic work materials as tape, scissors, stapler and an electric pencil sharpener. A small library of movies and music is tucked into a cabinet with a VCR and compact- disc player. The T.L.C. suites also have kitchens with dishwashers and well- stocked refrigerators...