Word: inking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ink Supply. To prosper in such a trade requires the proper sort of acquaintances, and Dice Dawson made them. The Fox & Hounds Inn, an expensive restaurant he operated until last October in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., attracted prominent representatives of the sports world as well as the flush, sedentary set. While Jerome Cavanagh was mayor of Detroit, Dice occasionally dined at the mayoral residence. All the while, he seemed impervious to the normal hazards of his line of work. Local authorities were no problem, explained one federal official. "A policeman would see the people around Dawson-sports celebrities, the mayor, millionaires...
...invitations, printed in Nepali and English in red ink on heavy dark paper, read: "By Command of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Nepal on the auspicious occasion of the wedding of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Bierenda Bir Bikram Shah Dev with Her Royal Highness Princess Aishwarya Rajyalaxmi Devi, the Chairman of the wedding committee and Chief of the Royal Household Bada Casi Puspa Raj has the honour and pleasure to request the company of-at Narayanhiti Royal Palace...
Efforts to find a practical way to add odors to advertisements have been going on for years. Scented ink was tried in newspapers in the '50s, but the fragrance dissipated too rapidly. The present process is supplied by only two companies, National Cash Register and Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, and the competition between them has spread from the marketplace to the courts. NCR, which claims that it developed the micro method first, has filed a patent-infringement suit against 3M. Minnesota Mining extracts a product's aromatic oils to duplicate the product's scent. The essences are enclosed...
...good observation. It's not at all clear what is the best way to hurt someone. There are at least two options. First, tell all your victim's friends that he is a bastard, peur ink all over his notebooks, steal his girl friend. This method may indeed make the person go mad. Second, convince someone that you love him, and then, just at the right moment, cease to do so, saying you have always despised him. At the very least , this will induce temporary insanity...