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...British Chemist Gerry Griffin, of Brunei University near London, claims that he has discovered a simple additive that will cause any plastic to decompose in the dump. Griffin will announce the discovery of what he calls "Additive X" this month at the semiannual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago. He says that the substance, mixed with plastic during the manufacturing process, is easily attacked and broken down by enzymes normally found in topsoil. When these additive particles are gone, the once glassy and impermeable plastic is left as a porous, sponge-like substance that naturally decomposes...
...Otis's "Try a Little Tenderness." Simon can't match Otis's power, so his approach is plaintive. The guitar obbligatos are from the era of the big band vocal. Allen Toussaint's horn arrangement echoes that era as well, particularly in a soft, mixed down solo saxophone. Paul Griffin's piano tickles with the right hand, fills chords and notes with the left. And the Dixie Hummingbirds are something else. Their oooh's are acapella oriented, rough and husky. The song finishes strongly, showcases them simultaneously, and the highpoint is a single oooh, taken from high tenor to falsetto...
...unions, which include the auto workers, machinists, farm workers and teachers, charge that the foundation is violating the Landrum-Griffin...
Tatum's childhood has been more gothic than glamorous. Her mother, Actress Joanna Moore, and O'Neal are divorced, and waged bitter custody fights over Tatum and her brother Griffin, 8. For several years the children lived a hippie existence with their mother on a California ranch. O'Neal charged that his former wife was using drugs and not properly supervising the children. The parents came to an agreement in 1971, and Ryan took Tatum while the mother kept Griffin. When Director Peter Bogdanovich suggested that O'Neal and Tatum costar, O'Neal leaped...
...players Charlie Krusen and Hugh Hyde slipped by Amherst's second doubles team, 6-3, 7-6, and Sandy Wilson and Bryan Griffin swept third doubles with convincing 6-1, 6-3 tallies...