Word: naderized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Which is why Rags is the kind of magazine that even Ralph Nader could freak out over...
...brochure was traced to students in a course in consumerism and environmental activism at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Their teacher: one of Ralph Nader's Raiders, Lawyer J. Davitt McAteer, 26. The critics, who quickly zeroed in, could not deny the brochure's accuracy on cost of living. But, as a Honolulu paper pointed out, the state does seem ready to enforce strong water-quality laws and establish new standards governing air pollution and noise. McAteer admitted the brochure violated Nader's principle of presenting both sides of an issue...
...Much Clutter. There is no chance either that the speedway promoters will be able to hype much interest in another dream race-unless they bill it as the Ralph Nader Grand Breakdown. The U.S. cars were not merely routed; they were run into the ground. The field-13 Formula As, 17 Formula Ones-was reduced when Swede Savage's Eagle-Plymouth spun around and crashed into a retaining wall. Savage, pulled unconscious from the car, was later reported in fair condition...
...convertible also has fallen victim to major changes in the U.S. physical and social atmosphere. Riding around with the top down is a dubious pleasure in the polluted urban air of the 1970s. And Ralph Nader's safety crusade has prompted some would-be buyers to consider how they might fare in a rollover accident-even though there is no statistical evidence that convertibles are less safe. In an era of growing crime, the convertible is an easy target; knife-wielding thieves can readily slash through the top to loot or steal a parked car. Besides all that, observes...
Recipe for a business boom: take the hip lifestyle, add a pinch of nostalgia and stir in generous helpings of Ralph Nader. That unlikely combination has created one of the nation's fastest-rising businesses, the merchandising of organic foods. Basically, these are the foods that great-grandma used to eat. They are grown without the aid of chemical fertilizers or pesticides, and processed without the use of emulsifiers, mold inhibitors, bleaches, preservatives, binders, buffers, drying agents or any other test-tube additives...