Word: earplugs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stirs some people to the good, stirs other people to the bad.'' In September, Jimmy Carter ordered the Secret Service to guard Kennedy. They now watch over him around the clock, three shifts of five or six agents each, all identified by a lapel button and an earplug linked to a walkie-talkie. When traveling, Kennedy is usually accompanied by Aide Lawrence Horowitz, who is a licensed physician...
...world's poor. He and one of his students have designed a simple radio that is being manufactured in Indonesia as a cottage industry under UNESCO sponsorship. Powered by heat rising from a candle, the radio looks ugly but costs only 90, com plete with an earplug. In Africa, Papanek and another student sought a cheap means of preserving food. Their solution: a "cooling unit" insulated by walls of native fiber. It works for twelve hours on 20 minutes of cranking, holds 4.5 cu. ft. of food and costs less than $6. Thousands of other simple products -inexpensive stoves...