Word: bagged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that readers may reach us more quickly, we've joined the fax age; the number is (212) 522-0907. Meanwhile, there's always a bag of letters delivered the conventional way for Chase and Rutherford to peruse. "We have just run stories on three subjects that always generate mail: abortion, capital punishment and gun control," says Chase. "We're going to be swamped...
Even more sophisticated loos are on the way. TOTO is testing one that analyzes urine and reports blood pressure and heartbeat. For the harried commuter who has everything, the Minato Pharmaceutical Co. is marketing the portable Toilet Pot. It consists of a plastic bag that contains a coagulant and is aimed at victims of Tokyo's often intractable traffic jams. For travelers, a two-story suite of rest rooms called the Charm Station opened last spring in Udatsu-cho on Shikoku Island. It boasts six toilets with international motifs, including the Rose of Versailles, which features a white porcelain bowl...
...Liberal lady commentator from the Washington Post walks up the White House drive carrying bright red tote bag, a souvenir from last summer's Democratic Convention. Big braying donkey is stamped on the bag's side. Reminder of late Speaker Sam Rayburn's caution: "Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it." Footnote to the above: on any given day there are three times as many jackasses in Washington as there are Democrats...
...brothers do seem to see their futures in the same arena: the rapidly expanding leisure industry. Seiji's Seibu Saison Group is branching out into hotels and what he calls the "comprehensive life-style" business. He wants customers at his stores to be able to buy a traveling bag, put it to use by booking a package tour, and take out a loan to pay for the journey. Yoshiaki has his own growth plans: he is looking at the expanding market in cable television and optical-fiber communications, in addition to more familiar resort-development projects at home and abroad...
When I went back home over the break, I walked into a sports shop to buy a Cowboys cap. After the clerk stop laughing, he showed me a stack of caps. They looked like they hadn't been touched all year. He thought a brown, paper bag would be more appropiate for Dallas' fans. Everybody's a comedian now-a-days...