Word: recordability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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While the machines have been sold in Europe and Japan for more than two years, the U.S. debut has been delayed by controversy. Reason: the recorders can produce flawless copies of CDs, which has raised fears in the music industry of a surge in illegal "pirate" tapes. Sony and other electronics manufacturers have agreed to equip their DAT recorders with special circuitry to prevent the machines from making multiple copies of the same tape, but many record companies and artists want Congress to write this agreement into...
...link between self-governance and student performance is clear at some schools, unclear at others. Yet this spotty record is unlikely to mar school- based management's bright future. In May Citibank gave $2.4 million to help nine Washington, D.C., schools get their plans under way. Dade County has taken the notion a step further, asking principals and teachers to submit ideas for creating 49 new schools from the ground up. Seven are now in the planning-and-building stage. More innovations are sure to come. School districts may find that giving teachers and parents the right to make decisions...
Right now, however, as Hollywood box office receipts continue to skyrocket--last year was a record year--it does not seem likely that the film industry will produce much else...
...change soon for 2 Live Crew, the dirty-talking Miami-based musicians may be spending more time trying to beat raps than performing them. A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale ruled two weeks ago that their double album, As Nasty as They Wanna Be, is obscene -- the first musical recording ever banned by a court. Soon after, a Fort Lauderdale record-store owner was hauled in by police for selling their album. Then two members of the group were arrested for performing at an adults-only nightclub in Hollywood, Fla. The penalty in both cases could...
Just when he was supposed to be over the hill, the fireballing pitcher for the Texas Rangers chalks up a record sixth no-hitter -- at the tender...