At the same time, telephone outfits are pushing to be allowed to deliver television and audio services over their fiber-optic lines to more and more households, and guess who's yelping like whipped dogs--and lobbying like pit bulls--to prevent it?

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Edinburgh-based Wolfson, which specialises in audio parts for consumer electronic products, said sales were driven by a strong performances from its audio hubs and micro-electro-mechanical systems (Mems) microphone product lines.

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Then listen to the extraordinary chromatic lines in the strings and winds, sounding like someone trying to work his way through quicksand (audio).

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