Word: generics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...find out that N.E.P. stands for New Earth Protest until well into the first act; the issues are a given which group members never discuss. But this "generic labeling" leaves the scope of the play free to focus on the characters and what draws them to what they imagine to be the basement barracks of revolution. Thus the development of the fledgling organization is a frame in which to view the development of the characters. While they are well acted in some cases it is difficult for them to break away from the stereotype of the radical chic and revolutionary...
...clear what will come of the proposals made by the dean, particularly concerning the big issue of lackluster upperclassmen but "the fact that the whole generic issue is raised in this way may open up discussion Professor of Law Richard B. Stewart said yesterday
...Plain generic packaging started sweeping through U.S. food chains five years ago. The result was lower prices for many standard items, ranging from bathroom tissue to light bulbs. Now some supermarkets are going generics one better: no packaging at all. They are offering foodstuffs in bulk; buyers pour from vats or scoop out from bins the amounts they want...
...price increases have helped spur the biggest new hit in the cigarette industry: generics. Sold in plain black-and-white or black-and-yellow packages, the no-name cigarettes have captured about 2.5% of the market in the past two years. Liggett, looking for a way to reverse its steadily declining share, was the first major company to start selling the generics. Paced by its bestselling Chesterfield, Liggett had about 25% of sales in the 1940s, but that fell to less than 3% by 1981. Says President K.v.R. Dey Jr.: "We were the smallest kid on the block." The company...
...Riverside County?to pull Angelenos out into the boondocks, where there is still room to grow and grow. Enzer is dubious: "How is anybody from Watts going to get to a job in Riverside if it opens up there?" Already, though, up north in an arid nowhere, a new, generic tract has sprung up: the development is called Le House...