Word: nylons
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What appears to be the most promising solution may also be the simplest: a cable of thick nylon strands would be strung across a 3.1-mile-wide passage near the glacier to block outbound icebergs. Similar barriers already help keep Greenland harbors free of drifting bergs. A feasibility study directed by Kollmeyer concluded that 20 men could put the cable in place within 40 days after the glacier's retreat is confirmed. Estimated cost: $31.1 million. Declares Don Ryan, a marine safety specialist for the Coast Guard: "So far, no one has suggested that our study is wrong...
...anyone get excited about hitting a fuzzy yellow ball? Isn't it a strange affair for a group of six young men to travel around from college to college trying to hit these yellow fuzzies up over a nylon fish net and drop them back into a chalked all-too-small area on the other side? And consider the amount of emotion and energy they seem to get from playing this game; they feel such crushing disappointment or such a spirit-lifting intoxication, all depending on whether their team can successfully hit more of these woolly eggs than can their...
...gossipy advertising business is the extraordinary success of Peter Rogers, 43, who has built a booming business grossing $10 million by breaking almost all the rules of the game. He has never solicited an account, yet the roster of clients he represents?including Bulgari, the famous jewelers, Danskin's nylon tights, and Fashion Designer Pauline Trigère?has grown from ten to 32 in the past two years...
...this pressure continued disaster almost struck Harvard. A handball gave Tufts a free kick outside the penalty area with only six minutes left. Seconds after the kick, a Tufts shot deflected past Radcliffe goalie Irene Kacandes and headed for the back of the net. It did not reach the nylon, however, as Crimson fullback Paula Levihn stepped in out of nowhere to stop the ball on the goalline and to restart Harvard hearts by clearing the ball to the side of the field...
...protection of trademarks was initiated a century ago, more than a million have been registered, but only about 40% still enjoy protection under federal law. Some have simply been abandoned by their proprietors (Bristol-Myers' Ipana toothpaste) or dedicated outright to public use (Du Font's nylon). Paradoxically, some of the most successful trademarks have been lost because of their very popularity; they became so firmly entrenched in the language that no single company could still legitimately claim ownership. Over the years, such casualties have included mimeograph, linoleum, cellophane, elevator, escalator, raisin bran and cola...