Word: enmeshes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through Manhattan's cavernous Coliseum. The occasion was "Patexpo '69," a show designed to match up 300 inventors of new products with the men who can market them. As the visitors saw, modern man's ingenuity has lately produced a gun that fires a net to enmesh would-be muggers, skis with wheels for schussing on dry land, a timer that rations children's television viewing, tongs that carry melons without bruising them, and a keyless electronic lock that opens when hidden pressure points are pushed. There is even an ingenious array of glass tubes that...
Although the threat of the steam shovels has hung over the heads of people in the area for a long time, some continue to think that red tape will enmesh the Inner Belt so long that it will ultimately fail to materialize. Like Mrs. Charles Brumis, a 25-year resident of the neighborhood threatened by the Brookline Street route, they are passively against the road. "We would oppose it, because we would hate to lose our home. But, they cancelled it for two years, so we decided to paint our house." More outspoken is Robert Pleet, who recently added...