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EDITORIAL : THUMBS UP.


THIS one, according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 J.J. Puorro of Northridge Northridge is the name of some places in the United States of America:
  • Northridge, Los Angeles, California, a community in California's San Fernando Valley
  • California State University, Northridge
, deserves ``two thumbs way up.''

Puorro, who is deaf, was referring to the technology at General Cinema Sherman Sherman, city (1990 pop. 31,601), seat of Grayson co., N Tex., near the Red River; inc. 1858. Originally on a stagecoach route, it is a highway and railroad junction. Manufactures include electronic equipment, processed foods, military equipment, and metal products.  Oaks Cinemas that allowed him to view the latest installment of the ``Star Wars'' saga in the days after it was released. The technology allows the deaf and blind to attend first-run films in the theater. As it is now, they have to wait years for the closed-captioned and descriptively de·scrip·tive  
adj.
1. Involving or characterized by description; serving to describe.

2. Concerned with classification or description: a descriptive science.

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 narrated versions to be released on video.

But the Van Nuys Boulevard theater is one of only three in the nation with the technology. We hope more theaters invest in this technology as a way to make it easier for the deaf and blind to go to the movies.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Editorial
Date:May 25, 1999
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