Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pipe Patcher. A repair kit to plug holes in pipes, boilers, etc. was put on sale by Devcon Corp. of Danvers, Mass. Key material is a mixture of 80% steel and 20% plastic which sets under heat in 60 seconds or less. Holes up to ¼ in. in diameter can be repaired without turning off the pressure. A woven-glass-tape bandage is included for laminating a larger opening. Price...
...most gifted of our young men of letters is Gore Vidal; and I do not say this merely to give a plug to a former schoolmate of mine. He has attained high esteem through his novels (The City and the Pillar), television dramas (Badge of Honor), and movie scripts (The Bachelor Party), to say nothing of short stories and literary criticisms...
...wild machinations, Fox had a stock answer: "No one has ever measured the capacity of the American people to absorb manure." John Fox, yardstick in hand and a slug of bourbon within reach, gave it a try-and drove the Post into bankruptcy court. One of those pulling the plug on Fox was Friend-Turned-Enemy Bernard Goldfine...
Giveaway games are probably the cheapest form of TV publicity, since the manufacturer swaps merchandise-often low-priced items-for screen time. Ohio's Tappan Co. gives away $230,000 worth of ranges yearly, figures a giveaway plug costs only .0042? per 1,000 viewers, far less than a regular TV commercial. But there is hot debate over how many sales are actually created by the giveaways. Says Bell & Howell, which passes out $17,000 worth of movie projectors a year, mostly on This Is Your Life: "We like the idea, but we find it hard to determine...
Some auto dealers were even stumping for their competitors. In nearby Dearborn, Edsel Dealer Floyd Rice posted a sign that read: IF WE CAN'T SELL YOU, SEE OUR NEIGHBOR, H. R. MARSH & SON, ACROSS THE STREET! Chevrolet Dealer Marsh returned the plug: OUR NEIGHBOR, FLOYD RICE, HAS GOOD DEALS...