Word: product
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Violence finally erupted in 1951, when unemployed slum dwellers in Martinique staged ugly riots that left three dead and scores injured. France quickly poured in more money, by last year had boosted its annual aid to $135 million, 40% of the islands' gross national product. There is still occasional unrest. Last year police picked up 18 Martiniquans who were involved in a half-baked secessionist plot to overthrow the local government. However, the great majority of islanders are strongly Gaullist in their politics and are well aware that French aid is their only realistic hope of raising living standards...
...Supreme Court went a step farther. It affirmed the lower court's in validation of Stiffel's patent, but ruled that Sears was erroneously blamed for unfair competition. Its reasoning: once the patent on a product no longer exists, anyone has the right to make an exact copy-and should not be restrained from doing so by state unfair-competition laws. The court thus overruled all the states' protective laws, except against outright fraud, and declared open season on any products not protected by patents or trade names. Consumer groups hailed the ruling as heralding lower prices...
...Most Happy Fella. A product spread that puts Maremont into items ranging from tail pipes to microwave antennas might seem too diverse to manage, but it suits the wide-ranging interests of the company's president. In addition to running 87-year-old Maremont, which was founded by his father, he has interests in paper and in a maker of Christmas-tree balls, has backed a Broadway musical (The Most Happy Fella), and owns a chunk of the Saturday Review. His collection of modern art contains Dubuffet, Braque, Leger, Gris, Pollock, Arp and Kline, is valued at more than...
...government's $250,000 investment in self-help had yielded an estimated $2,500,000 in product: 10,400 miles of roads, 166 clinics, 368 schools, 267 village halls, 308 clams and 515 wells. At one tiny village, a man dug up 500 ant-eaten pound notes and brought them to Nyerere, who promised to build a bank on the very spot...
What is the opposite of adhesive? The word is abhesive, and it was coined by a scientist several years ago to describe something that refuses to let other material cling to it. The substance that inspired the word is a peculiar and promising product called Teflon, a slippery white plastic that feels something like a wet bar of soap.* Discovered in 1938 almost accidentally by Du Pont scientists who were working on fluorocarbon refrigerants, Teflon has other valuable properties: it will burn only when directly exposed to flame, is a superior electrical insulator and resists tears and impact...