Word: getting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have contempt for Mr. Kunstler." The judge rebuked only Kunstler. As the dominant figure in the courtroom, a judge can easily influence the jury if his likes and dislikes are too obvious. If convicted, the Chicago Eight are likely to argue on appeal that they were unable to get a fair trial because of Hoffman's attitude...
Sveda, accidentally discovered cyclamate sodium (TIME, June 5, 1950), it looked as if the ideal sweetener for people who do not want to get fat had been found: it is 30 times as sweet as sugar, leaves little aftertaste and survives the heat of cooking. In the years since, cyclamates have become the basis of a $1 billion-a-year business...
...with Burns on holidays in Vermont, where the two economists have vacation homes next to each other. Not surprisingly, Friedman hailed Burns' appointment as "splendid." Friedman admits, however, that "Arthur takes a long time to make decisions, and once he has made them, it is very difficult to get him to change his mind." Economist Raymond J. Saulnier adds that Burns "is ponderous and a little pontifical." Because of these qualities, some other economists predict that there will be more than a few resignations from the Federal Reserve staff after Burns takes over...
...founded the International Inventors Association, a clearinghouse that he claims has 156,000 members. Through it, Shashoua finds and promotes the ideas of inventors, tinkerers or a few slightly mad scientists. He either brings the products to client companies, which pay his Patents International Affiliates $125 a year to get listings of inventions for sale, or markets them himself through a subsidiary. Among the products that his firm is considering putting on the market: a sanitary napkin that dissolves in water and a camera that shoots 360° photographs. Ted Angelus, formerly of BBDO, has started New Products Action Team...
...What do you get when you cross a home movie camera with a French Revolution? A camera that cuts everybody's head off." That is a "crossing" joke, one of the standard bits of yet another TV talk show, this one chaired by David Frost, out of Britain. Clearly, his crossing gags don't travel all that well, but everything else about The David Frost Show is doing very nicely. In its third month of syndication by Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., the series is running in 63 U.S. cities, and already rates No. 1 in its time slot (mostly...