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America's rate of firearm deaths for children is currently 12 times higher than the other 25 industrialized countries combined. Without a doubt, making guns childproof and preventing criminals and irresponsible venders from getting a hold of guns is a necessary and too long delayed step. The fact that gun makers are making these commitments without having to be compelled legally is commendable and will make a great difference in ensuring that these commitments are not sidestepped...
Between them, these two women have executed more image makeovers than many beauticians will in a lifetime. All on themselves--and all in the name of their art, of course. MADONNA, whose latest incarnation is Mother (and who has come under fire recently for, of all things, not having childproof window guards in her apartment), is the sole sponsor of an exhibition of works by CINDY SHERMAN, "Untitled Film Stills," which opens this week at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. Sherman photographs herself in a variety of guises, many of which evoke old Hollywood B-movies...
...businesses they operate and the groups they join. The Federal Government now has rules ranging from the establishment of whisky tax rates to the placement of toilets on construction sites, from the design of atomic power plants to the milk content of ice cream, from foreign arms sales to childproof tops on aspirin bottles. A single clause tucked away in the Federal Register of regulations (this year's version has already grown to a mountainous 32,000 pages) can put a small-town manufacturer out of business or rejuvenate an industry that was on the brink of bankruptcy. The lobbyist...
...Nader wants the General Services Administration, the principal federal purchasing agent, to release its vast store of product information, which includes test results on goods as varied as bed sheets and flatbed trucks. Legislation is now in preparation to 1) require producers of household poisons to render their containers "childproof" by making bottles and packages harder to open, 2) set up more stringent health rules in fish-processing plants, and 3) force manufacturers to guarantee the adequate performance of their products and live up to all claims that they make for them. A farther-reaching piece of legislation, being drafted...
...Childproof. All this is rapidly changing the record business. The record companies theorize that once a motorist accumulates a stack of cartridges for his car, he will want to play them in his living room as well. Thus, the companies estimate that stereo cartridges will surpass today's sales of records within a few years. RCA Victor has so far sold 1,500,000 cartridges, and Columbia, Mercury, Decca and Capitol have recently brought out their eight-track-cartridge lines...