Word: byproduct
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CIGARETTES, THOUGH, are only a byproduct of Philip Morris's real task--the creation of joy. Not only do they provide "simple pleasures to millions of people every day" with their beer and smokes, they also pay for a lot of paintings. Just for instance, they sponsored "Expressionism: A German Institution of 1905-1920," which toured the country. And an Edward Hopper retrospective. And a Seven-Up toy display titled "Small Folk." And in other ways: when they design cigarette packages and beer bottles. Philip Morris personnel engage in "an endless search for innovative development of quality items with compelling...
Typically, the thefts involve a ring of crooks working closely together. First a "pumper," an oil-company employee assigned to watch over an oil well, surreptitiously diverts crude into a storage tank reserved for waste salt water, which is a byproduct of the normal production process. Then the hot oiler, usually someone hired to drain the saltwater tank, pumps out the crude and carries it away. He trucks it to an oil reclaimer, whose business is buying and processing sludgy, low-grade oil. The hot oiler sells his load to the reclaimer for about $15 per bbl., well below...
...spent years combing the country for Lincoln pictures; when original plates or negatives were available, they were meticulously developed to bring out all retrievable detail. This work has brought forth images of astonishing clarity; it sometimes seems possible to number the hairs in the President's beard. Another byproduct is mystery: Lincoln's craggy features and soft eyes still contain as many secrets as they reveal...
...vote but thought that they had a narrow chance in the Senate. Muskie argued at a closed-door hearing that canceling the sale would damage relations with India. Moreover, the Administration noted, New Delhi would be encouraged to reprocess its spent uranium into new fuel, with plutonium as a byproduct...
...work has a therapeutic effect," says Ed Fox, head of Colorado's prison industry program. At the simplest level, it reduces boredom, and hence its byproduct, violence. Adds Rodney Page, wood products manager at Thomaston...