Word: productively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Your contention that in my Christian Century article I maintained that Jesus Christ was the product of a "genetics experiment" is ludicrous. My concern was whether the idea of the origin of humankind with extraterrestrial assistance would in any way compromise what the church believes about the uniqueness of God's revelation in and through Christ. Personally I don't think that it would, since the heart of that revelation (that God is love and mercy) is at the moral core of the universe. It is of cosmic dimensions and is not limited to the earth...
...unchallenged last month, House Republicans set out to cut about $20 billion from the Democrats' proposed spending. Said New York's Barber Conable, a chief G.O.P. budget strategist: "Bob Giaimo is exhibiting grace, wit and patience in a difficult task-and I don't like his product...
...does exist today, and it offers about as easy money as celebrities can make, whether they be Catherine Deneuve purring for a perfume, James Garner clicking away for a camera company, or Joe Namath and Joe DiMaggio rustling something up in the kitchen. The right match of personality and product must pay off, since advertisers regularly provide the stars fees of $100,000 for a brief pitch and $1 million contracts for long-run identification are not unknown...
...people, that exemplar of wholesomeness Pat Boone. With Daughter Debbie he appeared on TV to claim that all four of his daughters had found a preparation named Acne-Statin a "real help" in keeping their skins clear. The FTC has filed a complaint against the manufacturer, Karr Preventative Medical Products, Inc., of Beverly Hills, contending that the product does not really keep skin free of blemishes. Last week it got Boone to sign a consent order in which he promised not only to stop appearing in the ads but to pay about 2.5% of any money that...
...ruling undoubtedly will make stars more wary about what products they tell an adoring public to buy. Says Los Angeles Agent Marty Ingels, who has lined up endorsements for many: "The deals that are pending are suspended; and the ones I've done, the celebrities are screaming. Where does a ruling like this stop? Is Morris the cat going to be leaned on?" Manhattan Adman Lloyd Kolmer predicts heavy haggling over those endorsements that are signed. Stars will demand that manufacturers indemnify them against product-liability suits-the equivalent of malpractice insurance. Unglamorous, maybe, but better than forking over...