Word: litters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fallen snow has had a chance to curdle into muddy rivers of brown. Although she expertly captures the plethora of traffic signs-many of which simply read "No, No, No"-that channel us through the Square, traffic is reduced to a stylistic minimum. One notes an occasional piece of litter, but hardly enough to suggest that, out of the city's neglect and our own apathy, littler here is the norm. Her people-most of whom resemble busy little dwarfs with sly little smiles-all hurry toward their destinies with a real sense of direction. American flags fly from...
...then pass by one of those brown wooden national landmark signs indicating the proximity of the cabin where Robert Frost lived. Picnic tables and litter bins help commemorate the entrance to the road. Stopping to read the sign, you feel like a reverent tourist at Lexington and Concord or the Statue of Liberty. At the end of the dirt road which climbs about a mile through the woods toward the advertised cabin, there is still another engraved plaque. There, through a hedge and over another bank, an orchard of dwarf apple trees conceals (except from the annual busloads...
...third notable is Chico the Bum. He has a wheelbarrow with an enormous carton in it, inscribed in various-colored crayons, "The Traveling Litter Basket." He roams the town cleaning out gutters and picking up trash at certain stores, all for free...
...those few seconds, the aluminum ring atop a pop-top can of beer or soda fulfills its function and becomes instant junk. Garbage men hate the rings because the sharp edges can cut. So do barefooted hippies and strollers on the beach. So do conservationists, who lament the litter. To at least one man, however, pop-top rings are a source of inspiration and income-and the raw material for a revival of a medieval fashion...
...environment theme can have competitive disadvantages. Coca-Cola is running a series of messages urging customers to use returnable bottles and thus reduce litter. But Pepsi-Cola came out with an ad showing its own nonreturnable bottles. The punch line: "You'll never get a second-hand bottle from...