Word: walkmans
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...Walkman is just such an invention. Morita watched as his children and their friends played music from morning until night. He noticed people listening to music in their cars and carrying large stereos to the beach and the park. Sony's engineering department was generally opposed to the concept of a tape player without a recording function (it would be added later), but Morita would not be denied. He insisted on a product that sounded like a high-quality car stereo yet was portable and allowed the user to listen while doing something else--thus the name Walkman...
Sony America considered that bad English and changed it to Soundabout for the U.S., Freestyle for Sweden and Stowaway for Britain. Morita was leery of using a different name for each country, and when sales were less than rewarding, he changed the name universally to Sony Walkman. Subsequently, the Walkman was a worldwide hit that is now featured in major dictionaries...
...punctuate my sentences with "whatever!" Discontent over bra size is an all-too-frequent topic of discussion among my girlfriends. The mall is one of my favorite escapes. The last movie I saw was Adam Sandler's Waterboy, an adolescent masterpiece. Madonna's "Immaculate Collection" resides permanently in my Walkman. The lives and hairstyles of Dawson and Joey and the Salinger five are still frequent topics of conversation. How much has really changed since my years at Tilden Middle School? My wardrobe may have acquired some business suits but when I go home for holidays, I still have a very...
...this opening-up-your-PC hurdle seems insurmountable, I recommend Dazzle Multimedia's Digital Video Creator ($249), a Walkman-size device that attaches externally. It doesn't have the extras of the Marvel (graphics card, TV tuner), and it uses the MPEG standard of compression, which delivers half the resolution of the MJPEG. Still, some people may prefer MPEG, since it consumes far less storage space...
...moved, I went out and bought her a Sony Walkman and tapes of Tchaikovsky and Michael Jackson, Counter recalls...