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Starting in the 1980s with the compact disc and the introduction of personal computers, and until the early 2000s, many consumer electronics devices such as televisions and stereo systems, were digitized: digital computer technology, and thus digital signals, were integrated into the operation of consumer electronics devices, drastically ...
In 1983, following the CD's introduction, Immink and Braat presented the first experiments with erasable compact discs during the 73rd AES Convention. [33] In June 1985, the computer-readable CD-ROM (read-only memory) was introduced and, in 1990, the CD-Recordable , also developed by both Sony and Philips. [ 34 ]
Reinvest it into another CD with a term and interest rate that better fits your goals. Let the bank automatically renew it into a new CD term at the current interest rate. Let’s say you have ...
"Better Than Anything" is a jazz waltz devoted to "women shopping, guest vocal Diana Krall in perfect agreement that spending money is the best thing in life ("better than honey on bread, better than breakfast in bed" —lyrics by Bill Loughborough), better than anything except being in love.
Every generation develops new slang, but with the development of technology, understanding gaps have widened between the older and younger generations. "The term 'communication skills,' for example, might mean formal writing and speaking abilities to an older worker. But it might mean e-mail and instant-messenger savvy to a twenty-something."
She became an activist for higher wages and better working conditions for her fellow laborers. She is credited with coining the phrase “bread and roses” to explain that women workers needed “both economic sustenance and personal dignity,” according to Hasia Diner, a professor of American Jewish history at New York University.
The report notes that 11.2 million older adults spent over 30% of their income on housing in 2021, and only 36.5% of eligible households received federal housing assistance.
In the late nineteenth century, the market for periodicals was growing, and interest from women, who had always been the larger part of the market for fiction, increasing. Cassell and Co. launched a new magazine, The Lady's World in October 1886, intended to appeal to an aspirant middle-class audience of lady readers. [1]