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Word: motorize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their profitless one-throne barber shop. A worn-out, ex-vaudeville dancer, he passes the days playing checkers -- his ceremony with his old friend, Mr. Jenkins; Russell could never cut hair as well as he could dance. His daughter Adele supports the family by working at the dead-end Motor Vehicles job. Disgusted by the hard work that brought only physical and emotional exhaustion to the rest of the family, Russell's two sons decide to make their way in the world by converting the shop into a bootlegging joint. Pop goes along with the scheme for the chance...

Author: By Ira Fink, | Title: Mama Died on 126th Street | 3/21/1974 | See Source »

...National Council of Churches of Christ and the United Church of Christ Board for World Ministries have filed a resolution called on Ford Motor Company to issue a report on its operations in the Phillipines, focusing on employment and employee relations policy...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: The Spring Proxy Season: A Checklist | 3/13/1974 | See Source »

Vermont ski executives blame their troubles as much on a fairly snowless winter as on the gasoline crunch. Yet in western Massachusetts, which was covered with snow last week, the slopes are still underpopulated. Said Ted Trombley as he surveyed the empty parking lot of his Yankee Motor Lodge near Pittsfield: "Up until now we could blame the weather. But with this gorgeous weekend we just had, we're still off 50%, so we know the problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOURISM: The Rush to Stay at Home | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

Beeping Sound. The dream mailboy is a completely automated cart with 20 mail compartments. It runs on four rubber wheels and is driven by a battery-powered electric motor. Electrical sensors in the cart pick up low-frequency radio signals from wires that are strung under the carpets along the desired route. Following their path, the 500-lb. robot stops when its photoelectric sensing system picks up signal lights bounced off reflective tiles strategically placed on corridor walls at knee level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Sears, Robot & Co. | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...corner of some pasture stuck in between several larger lots of cattle range and pine tree forests. Around the trailer, which was resting on blocks, were a tractor, a car, a clothesline, some horses out in the field, some baby toys, a dog with mange, and a motor-cycle under a tarpaulin. The grass was long and wet, and once I stopped my car coupling black love bugs settled...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: In Spudnick's | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

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