Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot alter: a shift to the right in voter sentiment and a personal campaign style that has changed in the course of four months from disastrous to mediocre. But if he does not excite the voters, he clearly gets their respect as he makes his rounds in three-button suit (all buttoned and a flag pin in the lapel) for 18 hours...
...Masher, which looks like a kissing cousin to a small filing cabinet, has been under development for three years It is now deemed completely safe. A key-presumably kept out of reach of children and would-be suicides-must be turned, a button pushed and the door closed before it will work. The machine had a successful test run last fall in Houston, Atlanta and New Orleans, few prospective customers seemed upset over the somewhat stiff purchase price...
...high waste drawer at the bottom of the 15-in.-wide appliance. Each time the Masher is filled, which in most households would be daily, a spray device automatically squirts a deodorizing and disinfecting liquid on the trash. Then the key is turned on and the start button pushed. Brute force does the job. The waste is compressed-by a ram that for an instant exerts a force of one ton-into a solid, bag-enclosed brick. The bag can be carried out for ordinary garbage pickup and a new paper bag inserted in the machine. Unlike garbage-disposal units...
...touch-tone, trim-line phone is a wall phone designed with push button dialing. Since the phone is installed on the wall instead of with a long cord, it will make it more difficult for students to share private phones, thus making the phones even more costly...
...under the wings of each plane. Popular Front leaders demanded new guarantees from Red Cross negotiators that none of the five nations were contemplating a rescue attack on the airfield. Said Swiss Foreign Minister Pierre Graber: "If these assurances were not forthcoming, they said that they would push the button." The commandos got their assurances from the Western powers Friday night, but Israel stated its position carefully. Speaking on the state radio, Deputy Premier Yigal Allon said, "I would not suggest speaking about military measures at this moment. We must wait and see what will happen." Many Israelis interpreted this...