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...using the analog electronics to understand the fundamentals of creating sounds. "Disorientation is very important," says Tcherepnin. "You must learn to ride a horse instead of letting it ride you." Although Harvard's equipment may be no match for MIT's studios, Tcherepnin does not see this as a drawback. There are no plans to quell the creations of Paine Hall's budding Brian Eno's, which should give Tcherepnin time to learn more about his studio. "Don't give me anything new. I still don't know everything about what we've already got," he says...
...only drawback to this play is its length (two hours and 40 minutes). If Ronis had not remained as faithful to the script, briefer duel scenes and soliloquies would have resulted in a more tightly packaged play. Nevertheless, the superb acting, lighting and directing overall keep one from getting antsy while sitting on the thinly carpeted NoHo floor...
Nearly all the young reformers have the advantage of being sponsored by friends in high places. Yet the protege system has one drawback: none of the third-echelon leaders has been through the byzantine politicking and the festering feuds that have long characterized life at the top of the party. In Chinese politics, as Deng knows all too well, there is no substitute for that experience...
...shun the practical and convenient automatic teller machines. Then, too, many potential home bankers are apprehensive about computer crime, fearing that some ingenious 14-year-old will electronically make off with their life savings. Janet Pruitt, vice president for electronic banking products at Shawmut Corp. of Boston, cites another drawback: "A PC sitting at your home won't be able to withdraw cash or make deposits." For these transactions, a customer must still trek to the local bank branch or automatic teller machine. Moreover, many home-banking systems are still plagued by shutdowns and glitches. Complaints range from confusing instructions...
...current that is converted back into sound. Tape players work in a similar way, reading sound from magnetized particles on plastic ribbon. Both methods involve a process known as analog recording, in which the music is represented as a physical replica, or analog, of the original sound. The chief drawback in each case is that the phonograph stylus or tape head rides constantly on the playing surface. This causes wear and distortion that come across as hissing and crackling sounds...