It retained the two body styles, but design was rounder and more city-friendly than the previous bulky model.

Once he completed the sad ritual of bidding farewell, Mr. Spiegel began researching the coffin industry, curious as to why bulky, ornate models ruled the market.

On the other hand, bulky architectural models have to be carted around much more, since clients in mid-Manhattan are less likely to visit the Skidmore office in person.

They take sharp, vivid, high-resolution photos once the realm of much bulkier models.

In the not-too-distant future, because of nanocrystals, flat-screened televisions may replace today's bulky models and something the size of a credit card could hold the entire contents of the Library of Congress.

It is a bulky, older model that scans documents and uses a computerized voice to read them out loud.

The light sensor inside these bulkier models is gigantic - 10 times the size of a typical compact's sensors, for 10 times the light sensitivity.

The shift from promoting bulky, all-encompassing models to building simple truths from fieldwork and the theory of incentives has come late to development economics.

It was an old Army-surplus model, bulky and grotesque by modern standards, but it served its purpose.