Word: item
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...innovate when no one cares about selling the item in the first place...
...party press "will publish no photographs, only a news item, profile and commentary provided by PAP." Some of the larger newspapers, like Trybuna Ludu (circ. 900,000) and Zycie Warszawy (circ. 360,000), were given permission to publish their own commentaries, as were "sociopolitical weeklies" and some local periodicals. Everything, however, had to be cleared in advance. One topic that was strictly taboo: the political past of the Pope, who was a nemesis of the Communists while Archbishop of Cracow...
...lesson learned during World War II is that hoarding of one item can cause a run on another. In 1943 the rationing of shoes touched off hoarding of clothes, and the rationing of canned meats and fish started panic buying of canned vegetables and fruit. Another lesson is that scarcity is not essential to hoarding. In 1973, reporting a Congressman's fatuous remark that supplies might grow short, TV Host Johnny Carson touched off nationwide panic buying of toilet paper...
...Your item on gasohol reminded me of a product sold in the early 1920s known as Alcogas. It cost more, but it burned clean and was very efficient. Alcogas was produced from molasses...
...other business, the Faculty postponed its debate on corporate investments in South Africa, scheduled as the last item on the docket yesterday, after the discussion on Extension Studies degrees ran late...