Word: blabbed
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...deForest receivers) took an ad in the Sun-Times to say that it is "unAmerican and unsportsmanlike" for other set manufacturers to market remote control gadgets that make it easy for a TV viewer to kill the sound when a commercial goes on the air (some 2,500,000 "blab-offs" are now in operation in the U.S.). Adding that the public ought to be grateful to the advertisers who pay for the shows, Sanabria included coupons for people to send to their Congressmen, urging that all remote control cutoffs be outlawed...
...reported to Cuevas that there were no grounds for a reconciliation, told him: "I've just come from a meeting with Lifar's seconds. We've decided not to tell either you or Lifar where the duel will take place, because you're sure to blab about it. We'll take you there at the last moment...
...clearly consistent" with the interests of national security. The order recognizes that an employee may be loyal, yet still be a security risk. The homosexual may be easy prey to blackmail. The person with relatives behind the Iron Curtain may be exposed to overwhelming pressures. The alcoholic may unintentionally blab secrets...
...arrived at wisdom. A man's character is his fate, Augie believes, and "this fate, or what he settles for, is also his character." The real battle, unseen from the outside, is internal, where "you labor, you wage and combat, settle scores, remember insults, fight, reply, deny, blab, denounce, triumph, outwit, overcome, vindicate, cry, persist, absolve, die and rise again. All by yourself! Where is everybody? Inside your breast and skin...
...Cincinnati, Audio Controls Corp. offered a gadget to throttle TV commercials. Named Blab-Off, the device is a simple, remote-control sound switch, advertised to eliminate the "long, loud, vulgar, boring commercials that force their way into your living room." While the advertising spiel goes off, the TV picture stays on, so that viewers can tell when the commercial is over and switch the sound on again. Price: $2.98. Advertisements for Blab-Off have been refused by The New Yorker Magazine, the New York Times and the Herald Tribune, possibly because the sales pitch was right up there with...