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...tape into an adapter that will play it back on a conventional VHS recorder. In contrast, the Beta version will record up to two hours on a standard Beta tape, but it cannot be used to play back the cassette. The chief advantage of the VHS camcorder, sold by Zenith and JVC, is that it comes equipped with an electronic view finder that is actually a tiny (one-inch-square) black-and-white TV mounted on the side of the camera. This setup allows the user to instantly review what has just been taped. It also has a fade control...
...tombstones. Authors Cynthia V.A. Schaffner and Susan Klein, both of New York City's Museum of American Folk Art, celebrate the heart's presence in American folk decoration. The image pervaded the culture of the young country and on the evidence of this book reached its zenith among the Pennsylvania Germans. The new immigrants painted their bright, elaborate designs on pottery and furniture, inked them on love letters, and even incorporated them into birth certificates. Amid these ebullient displays, the text is just a touch too scholarly, but throughout, the authors' hearts are in all the right...
...order may have reached its zenith with John Kennedy's trip to Ireland in 1963. We just did not understand what was happening then. Kennedy rode through multitudes in an open car. He stood on the quay at New Ross from where his great-grandfather sailed for Boston, hugging and laughing with anybody who came, even shabby, unshaven figures who emerged unsteadily from the pubs to hail the visitor...
Even as televised stereo sounds begin to blast and screens grow larger, the television industry has plans for still more features. By next year, such companies as GE, Sony and Zenith will be selling so-called digital TVs. These revolutionary devices contain microcomputers that translate conventional, wavelike TV signals into visual and audio information that the viewer can fine-tune on the screen. On some models, the user will be able to zoom in on Liberace's diamond rings, for example, or freeze Pete Rose in mid-swat. Digital technology can also increase picture clarity...
...cello, and Sukie Rougemont writes a gossip column for the local paper. These friends meet almost every Thursday, as a coven of genuine, practicing witches: "In the right mood and into their third drinks they could erect a cone of power above them like a tent to the zenith...