Word: walkmans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This was not entirely a normal Monday eveningfor a candidates' debate. Every pool cameramanwore a Walkman, and League of Women VotersPresident Susan Scherr donned a BoSox cap beforeintroducing the candidates, commenting that "weare delighted to have the Red Sox in the Series,and we know that all the players wish they werewatching us." She also levied dire threats againstthe bearers of miniature television sets...
Almost every suite on campus is home to some kind of hi-fi equipment, be it a boom box, a walkman (with or without speakers) or an elaborate stereo complete with the audio industry's hottest-selling gadget, the compact disc (cd) player...
...terms of music in the suite, however, students who don't want to plunk down substantial amounts of cash for a stereo invest in a boom box rather than oversize speakers for a walkman. Discount Records, on John F. Kennedy St., sells 10 to 15 walkman speaker sets a week versus 20 boom boxes. And walkman speakers are becoming more popular, says Patrick S. Pezzati, the store's assistant manager...
Thanks to their portability, cassette tapes have been selling at Harvard Square music stores in increasing numbers over the past few years. "The walkman has kept tape sales very strong," Healy says...
...York Review of Books. Do not bring suntan lotion (you're here for two months, so you'll get sun eventually), anything to eat (you'll eat later at home and who wants to deal with the mess) a portable stereo (please, if you need music, bring a Walkman--people are reading). As you can see, the don't-brings are just as important in maintaining and cultivating the image as the do-brings...