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...cops tried to grab him. He called to friends for help. The mob was born. Within the hour, roving bands, composed largely of youngsters, were looting stores, setting fires, and heaving bricks and bottles at the blue-helmeted police who were sent in to restore order...
...California's Monogram Industries Inc. is a self-contained toilet modeled on those used in aircraft. It can be rolled to the bed side and locked there. When its top and sides are opened, they form screens to give the patient privacy. With the help of a "grab bar," he can slide from bed to toilet without putting weight on his legs. Though the flushing unit is designed for 12-volt D.C. operation, it can also work on standard house and hospital A.C. A pushbutton activates a mechanism for pumping 81 gallons of deodorant, disinfectant flushing solution -enough...
...Edward's capabilities and resented the King's audacity in expressing skepticism about the value of the League of Nations and advocating a policy of friendship with Nazi Germany-without first consulting his constitutional advisers. By disposing of the King, Beaverbrook believed, Baldwin also hoped to grab more political power and enhance his personal popularity...
...guess I shouldn't have tried to grab the pack back out of his pocket, but they were my last butts," the student regretted...
...black Africa is the "Omo man," who wanders from vil lage to village. Dressed in candent cot tons, he passes out sample boxes of Omo detergent, a fast-bubbling profit maker turned out by Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch combine that is the world's sixth biggest company. People grab up the giveaways, not only because each box top can be redeemed for ten more samples at the local Unilever-owned store, but also because the Omo man is plugged by radio ads that suggest he possesses supernatural powers. Say the commercials: "As a snail dies the day it tastes...