Word: genericism
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...last 50 years much progress has been made. "Australian port," so labeled, may not be sold in Great Britain, nor may Spanish "champagne" be sold in Spain. We in America have eliminated all but a handful of these so-called generic names, and American vintners may no longer market, as in the bad old days, "Château d'Yquem" and "Château Margaux" from California...
...largest collection of modern art ever exhibited in these parts, but a fresh, welcome and rare approach as well. Not arranged according to school or historical progression, each painting hangs as the artist intended it, as an expressive entity complete in itself rather than as an example of anything generic or contingent. Each master is left to speak for himself...
...other webs to the President's first "live" press conference (film versions of White House conferences are skillfully edited). ABC's TV floor operatives, jostled by delegates and Cow Palace cops, gave viewers their first glimpse of Nebraska's "Terrible Terry" Carpenter after he nominated that generic American character Joe Smith for Vice President (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...branch of the same outfit, the dreaded SD (Sicherheitsdienst). Hitler deliberately confused the powers and duties of these services in order to divide and control Himmler, Heydrich and other aides who never ceased to intrigue against each other and frequently arrested and killed weaker rivals. But Gestapo remained the generic term for the instrument which (according to Nürnberg estimates) in twelve years destroyed twelve million people...
...Generic George. Though Skin could probably play to full houses for the rest of this year, it is scheduled to close in September after only 23 performances. With hardly a line deleted or dinosaur added, Wilder's drama is in a sense better than it was 13 years ago. His tearfully laughable story of mankind, allegorically and often outlandishly larded into the daily life of Mr. and Mrs. George Antrobus of Excelsior, N.J.. is just the same. What has changed, in hot war and cold, is the audience. Today's playgoers, themselves survivors of some close shaves...