Word: packetizing
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...most common by far are the stalls into which a customer drives and stops his car. By inserting a quarter, he gets a five-minute jet stream of water and detergent through a high-pressure hose that he uses to spray the car. Another dime gets him a packet of lintless paper towels with which to dry the car, and yet another dime turns on a vacuum cleaner for the interior. Though quick and experienced washers can get away with one quarter, most find that it takes two or three to complete the job properly, also find that they need...
...insist that the standard homeowner's liability policy is not enough to cover a pool. The risk rate on more insurance seems low-one company typically charges only $37.50 a year for a $100,000 pool liability policy-but well-heeled owners, who may be sued for a packet, are more and more turning to a $50,000-deductible "umbrella" policy that covers everything from pools to boats for up to $10 million. For people who throw poolside parties and fret about the consequences, some companies charge a mere $250 for a one-night policy covering 100 guests...
...Fall out of a hydroplane or a chaise longue and what do you do? Inflate an Aqua Aid, worn on the wrist or on the waist in a tiny packet and available to the prudent for only $4.95. It will float a man in prime condition for several lonely hours...
...Oldest Daily Newspaper in the United States, Founded 1771." Neither claim is accurate. The Inquirer was not born until 1829. But through a cat's cradle of sales, consolidations and mergers, it absorbed hoarier Pennsylvania papers, some living, some dead. Among these acquisitions was the Pennsylvania Packet, on whose previous existence (b. 1771, turned daily 1784, d. 1839) the Inquirer's dubious title rests...
Galbraith cited one economic planner's idea for controlling the population: the Indian government would buy 100 heliocopters which would drop over every rural village a packet containing male contraceptives and notices announcing that every family with more than two children would be liable to a 50 ruble fine and five years in jail...