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After 45 minutes, energy is still high and we are loosening up. Enthusiastic dancers engage various bystanders including President Horner, in the terpsichorian revelry. #284, who said he came alone, dances around the periphery, Walkman earphones firmly in place. "I'm alone, so the slow songs are a bit of a problem. I've got Michael Jackson on the Walkman so I can keep on grooving," he says when questioned later as he dances on the tennis umpire's chair left in the middle of the dance floor...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Catherine L. Schmidt, S | Title: Twistin' the Day Away | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

...second half of the marathon begins reinvigorating the dancers with new determination. Mr. Walkman, #284, dances with himself in front of a mirror and then plays air guitar and bass with a broom. At 7:30, music starts repeating, starting with "Rock the Casbah," "I Love Rock and Roll," and "Start...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and Catherine L. Schmidt, S | Title: Twistin' the Day Away | 2/22/1983 | See Source »

...Watchman, the slender, hand-held TV set no larger than a walkie-talkie. Even at $349.95, Watchman was one of the hottest (and hardest to find) novelties in the stores this holiday season. Those mini-masters at Sony who shrank stereo music three years ago into the oft-imitated Walkman have scored again with this 19-oz. marvel and its 2-in. screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Traveling Light in Lilliput | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...round out their characters in a way that hours of gunfight scenes can not. For example, Murphy is introduced brilliantly: as Nolte walks down the rows of cells in a jail, he hears someone singing "Roxanne" loudly and off-key. Of course, the singer is Eddie Murphy wearing a Walkman...

Author: By Gregory M. Daniels, | Title: Blood in the City Streets | 12/13/1982 | See Source »

...scene concludes without bloodshed, but its importance becomes clear that night when Sonny in listening to his walkman in bed. The tape stops in the middle, and a satanic voice breaks in: "Why didn't you pull that trigger? Why didn't you shoot that...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Horrorville Revisited | 10/8/1982 | See Source »

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