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Didn't get that CD player you wanted for Christmas? That's all right. Amble down to the local audio vendor -- the one with all the fancy futuristic stuff -- and check out the digital-audiotape machines. Inquire particularly about the DAT Walkman, a palm-size dynamo that puts compact-disc-quality sound onto a cassette tape. The store should be receiving its first limited shipment this week. The DAT Walkman is guaranteed to cure CD envy. And clean your ears, and your wallet, right...
Dogged by technophile speculation, consumer wariness and legal wrangling, the DAT format has been the subject of long-standing curiosity and skepticism. Would it really sound as good as a CD? DAT was demonstrably fine in the recording studio, where it has been used since 1987. But would it measure up to the CD for consumer allure? Would it be as handy, as user friendly, as downright cool? Would it be an all-around commercial monster...
...statement describing the incident, Moses said that she entered the Coop's music section on December 11 and initially decided to buy a new L.L. Cool J compact disc. After reconsidering her decision, she put the CD back and left the store, whereupon she was stopped by two security guards who asked to search her bag, Moses said...
Moses said she refused to let the guards search her, but agreed to let them take her to a store manager, where she opened her bag and coat to show that she did not have the CD...
Moses then told the manager that the guards had stopped her because she is Black, she said. When Moses asked the manager why she had been suspected, he replied that she had probably intended to steal the CD, but later decided against it, according to her account...