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Portables with a built-in cassette tape facility are heavier and larger than the AM only or the AM/FM types and weigh about 4 lbs. including the batteries, usually four size C cells. In some portables the cassette is for playback only and these are less expensive than those that have a playback/record facility. Those that can record have a condenser microphone built into the case. An interesting feature is that these units generally have a tone control, not found in less expensive portables. The cassette tape section is operated by switches, either plano keys or pushbuttons. The cassette section...
...sure how much longer he wants to drive for a living. "I don't want to do it much more than another year. Now that there are more independent cabs out here, it's more cut-throat. Before you had a lot of guys working for companies on weigh-bill (wage). It's going to get to the point where they're gonna start losing cabs...
Therefore, they must weigh the decision to leave the Soviet Union very carefully. Many of the immigrants were reluctant to face the decision of whether to emigrate. They did not relish the prospect of giving up a secure economic position, or more importantly, of leaving family and friends behind. But eventually, for widely varying reasons, they tackled the decision...
...Pospisil, 31 (Xerox representative), have to run through the qualification course with a pickup driver, Corporal Victor Feliciano, 32 (nursing home worker), and loader, Corporal Terry Bell, 27 (prison teacher). They all work up a sweat piling the tank full of machine-gun ammunition and 105-mm shells that weigh 38 lbs. apiece...
...return for help of this kind, Brasilia demanded only one thing: a monopoly on buying up the treasure of Serra Pelada. The state mining company, Companhia Vale do Rio, opened an office at the site, and miners began to line up to weigh in and sell their gold at prices that stand at about 30% below the international peg. (The largest daily intake by the Serra Pelada so far is close to 327 lbs.) At first, many of the miners would accept only cash; it took officials some time to persuade the garimpeiros to take federally endorsed checks...