Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...choir sang Holy, Holy, Holy, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller mounted the pulpit of his new $3,000,000 church in Garden Grove, Calif., and pushed a button. Two 25-ft.-high sections of the glass wall before him separated slowly, leaving only open air between the preacher and nearly 1,500 worshipers in 500 cars parked below him. Schuller's nondenominational Protestant parish, as its newspaper advertisements state, is a "walkin, drive-in" church-one of more than 70 now operating across the nation...
...Lowenstein is trying to button-hole politicians, as I understand it," he continued, "and we're going after people who have not yet been visible in the peace movement, so what we're doing is complementary...
...possibilities for button makers and punsters are limitless. Romney? How about DUZ DID IT? Morton? Easy -THE SALT OF THE EARTH. Hatfield? THE REAL MCCOY. The Governor of Colorado? ALL FOR LOVE. Percy? MERCY! Or Ford? LORD! Retired Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis LeMay, an all-out hawk who has announced his interest in running, could campaign under the banner, BOMBS AWAY WITH CURT LEMAY...
...Visuel France has developed a system that promises much simpler shopping. It is called Le Miroir Magique. The shopper is first draped in black up to her neck, then perched in a chair on a platform facing a special non-silvered mirror designed for rear-projection. By pushing a button, she can then flash slides of a store's collection, each dress in her own size, onto the mirror beneath the reflection of her face, discovering in seconds whether or not the particular color, neckline and shape suits her. A decisive woman could "try on" as many...
...only the price tags are rising. The cost of such options as push-button radios and tinted glass is up all around. And one sleeper involves changes in warranties. Now, first owners will get warranty protection as before, but second owners will have to accept limited coverage (in the case of Chrysler) or pay an initial $25 inspection fee plus a $25 deductible payment for subsequent warranty work done for full coverage (with Ford and A.M.C.). Third owners are out of luck altogether except with a G.M. car; if it is less than two years old (or has been driven...