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...illustrate his point, he asked the audience: "How many of you own an MX missile?" As the audience laughed, he added: "How many of you own a VCR? Not one of those VCRs was made...
...VCRs, cable television and take-out food keep you homebound and party-shy, interactive TV may shut down your social life altogether. Last week the Federal Communications Commission paved the way for the proliferation of a technology that permits TV owners to bank, pay bills and order everything from Chinese food to tennis shoes through the boob tube. A remote-control device accesses menu screens offering up the various services...
...store is an inventory of broken dreams. From VCRs to old pocket watches, the lost possessions give testimony to the legacy that coal mining has left upon Appalachia: unemployment, a ruined economy, crippling injuries and early deaths. For Logan County -- and for much of Appalachia -- coal has been a blessing and a curse. It provided generations with work, solid wages, a source of immense pride and a tax base for schools, hospitals and roads. But the mines have exacted a high price in return. Many miners spend their lives crawling on their hands and knees in tunnels sometimes no higher...
...controlled the software since the dawn of the movie industry. But it has no grip on products like VCRs. In 1492 the equivalent of Hollywood was Venice, where more than one-third of the world's books were produced. But even then Venice was in decline, ceding power to the maritime economies like Holland trading textiles and other goods...
That is a lesson soon forgotten when you can see the boatloads of VCRs and Doritos waiting off the Baltic Coast...