Word: productions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every year about 20,000 people are killed on American roads by drunken drivers. Now several firms are promoting a product that could save some of those lives: disposable alcohol detectors designed for use by consumers. One device, called BreathScan and manufactured by Denver-based Prescott Technologies, is a 3-in. tube filled with yellow crystals. A motorist blows into the tube and if the crystals turn blue-green, knows that he is too intoxicated to drive safely. Such gadgets were invented years ago but have been sold almost exclusively to police departments and other institutions. Within a month, though...
...Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Tylenol, have stopped selling any of their nonprescription drugs in capsule form. While most other manufacturers insist that they have no current intention of walking away from this market, consumers and producers across the U.S. are pondering the uncertain fate of the still popular product...
...have occurred, the gelatin-band method of sealing may soon become widespread. Last week Warner-Lambert, a drug company that is also the world's leading supplier of two-piece capsules, announced that it would use a method of fusing the capsules similar to Lilly's in manufacturing its product line. This summer SmithKline has begun using the gelatin band in its Contac and Teldrin capsules...
...overwhelming momentum. It appears almost inevitable that the conference committee will indeed resolve differences between the Senate bill and one that the House whooped through by voice vote last December. The committee compromise should clear both chambers by Labor Day, and President Reagan will undoubtedly sign the final product into law. By now no one dares become known as the politician who killed tax reform...
...palm-lined beaches and seaside restaurants, were hard put last week to find much serenity. The peace was shattered by some 50,000 rampaging residents, angry at the projected opening of a tantalum factory near downtown Phuket. Protesters feared that pollutants from the refining of tantalum, a tin by-product used in the production of electronic equipment, might poison both the island's water supply and its blossoming tourist trade...