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Word: killathon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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Here we are in the all too near future, when pollution is so thick that skywriters engrave their words with hammer and chisel. Population is so dense that the authorities sponsor a killathon, in which patriotic citizens dispatch themselves in diverse ways. The last California redwood has been replaced by a plastic memorial. Prize dogs compete not for ribbons, but for virgin asphalt on which to relieve themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Life-Giving Illusion | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

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