Word: chuted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will hold as many as 20 taped feature films. The customer puts his charge card in the slot and watches previews of the available films. He makes a choice; the machine runs a credit check, relays rental information to a central computer and sends his rental tape down the chute, all in about two minutes. If the MovieMat seems designed to fulfill the cin-éaste's nightmare-movies as the ultimate junk food-then RENTABETA, a Los Angeles company, may make the medium as handy as paperbacks. For as little as $2.95 a day, RENTABETA provides a playback...
...students, John S. Lindsay '82, Jonathan H. Chute '82, and Alfred D. Shapere '83, were arrested by waiting Cambridge police shortly after arriving at Draper. The students were charged with trespassing and taken to Middlesex Third District Court in East Cambridge where Chute and Shapere--both first offenders--pleaded "no contest" and were fined for court costs...
Most of those arrested were first offenders, and in return for their "no contest" pleas were given the option of either paying their fines outright, giving a pint of blood to the Red Cross, or doing volunteer work. Chute said last night, adding that he opted to give blood...
...Janet Leigh, Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, Don Ameche and Alice Faye, Howard Keel and Jane Powell: all raised their voices in joyous song. But Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton were struck dumb, doing their best to look as if they'd just slid down a laundry chute into the Twilight Zone...
...that was also a sign of sensitivity and compassion. She and her husband, former Reporter Jay McMullen, moved into Cabrini-Green, a predominantly black, decaying and crime-ridden housing project. Police began patrolling more. Playgrounds were installed and a summer recreation program promised. When her building's incinerator chute was too stuffed to open, Byrne called housing authorities and got prompt relief. Even though her stay at the project lasted for only three weeks, it captivated the city and boosted her approval rating in a Chicago Sun-Times poll from 35% to 50%. Byrne got a lot of publicity...