Word: shops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Burlington Industries, the big textile firm, has installed to regulate the use of electricity in 20 of its 99 plants. Others are as uncomplicated as the discovery by General Motors that it could save $1,576 a year in electricity bills merely by removing the fluorescent bulbs in its shop-floor vending machines. North Carolina's Sanford Brick and Tile Co. (350 employees) is taking advantage of the mountains of sawdust discarded by nearby furniture factories: it is combining the sawdust with either natural gas or diesel fuel to cut the cost of firing its baking kilns...
...cutlery on the floor." Gatwick's beige linoleum quickly disappeared under a carpet of bright beach blankets and polyester sleeping bags. Bodies were everywhere-standing, sitting, lying on the floor. The wait for toilets was 20 minutes and for a cup of tea, half an hour. The gift shop sold out of men's disposable underwear; deodorant and razor blades were perilously short. Rows of pup tents sprang up at the airport's entrance and many passengers overflowed onto a covered area near the parking lot. Groused Pat Shaw, a waitress from Buffalo: "I've slept...
...member staff, which occupies an impressive stone and marble headquarters near the White House. Politically aware action groups also have their lobbyists in Washington, including 14 that pursue the special interests of the elderly and six that deal with air pollution. Even the Virgin Islands Gift Fashion Shop Association has a lobbyist. Large staffs are maintained by such broader public interest groups as Common Cause and the Ralph Nader organization. Grumbles House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "Everybody in America has a lobby...
Cincinnati is in the pennant race primarily on the strength of Rose's resonant bat. The Big Red Machine has spent most of the season in the shop for repairs as a rash of injuries crippled key players. The first team played together only 22 times in the first 78 games. Catcher Johnny Bench has missed 33 games with a back injury suffered during an aborted slide. Wearing a thick corset, he is hitting .254 (compared with...
...look so hot. I didn't know whether it was bad vibes from too many rehearsals of "Mandy" or what, but the old boy was really wilting. Among other things, the cross bar and two upper poles had been shorn, giving the poor guy the B-school barber shop look...