Word: plastics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...window, she saw an amazing sight. There, on the road in front of her house, were dozens of men, many of them bearded and wearing turbans. As she watched in astonishment, they began chanting, "Hello, hello. Refugees!" Recalls Hines: "They were well dressed. They had suitcases, attache cases and plastic tote bags. They looked almost like tourists...
...apparent solution to this age-old problem is now at hand. General Foods has introduced new packaging for two of its Post cereals, Natural Raisin Bran and Natural Bran Flakes. The products are enclosed in easy-to-open, easy-to- reseal plastic bags that are similar to the popular Ziploc items...
...General Foods expects, consumers decide bran flakes and raisins stay fresher and tastier in the new-style packaging, the company may put its other brands in plastic...
...green outfit crossed the street. For a moment I thought that one of those blow-up Gumby figures had come to life. That night, during the seventh-inning stretch at Fenway, I looked out to the right grandstand and saw a bunch of people tossing one of those same plastic Gumbys around...
...emergency landing in the Pacific as the jet glided to within 600 ft. of the waves. At the last moment, the crew managed to restart the engines and resume the trip to Cincinnati, but the pilots were suspended on arrival. The Federal Aviation Administration immediately ordered the installation of plastic switch-guard shields on the control panels of 767s and similarly equipped 757s to prevent a recurrence of the pilot error...