Word: soaping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...merchandise failing to support the promise of its labels, employees defrauding their bosses, physicians involved in accident-insurance swindles, 300 indictments in 20 cities in poverty-housing scandals, developers paying off zoning commissions, policemen on the take, store employees outstealing shoplifters, even a cherubic youngster caught cheating in the soap-box derby. Any day, anywhere: see your local paper for further details...
...apartment you can't do too much to change things," explains Architect Marvin Ullman, who remodeled another old junk shop and furnished it with sanded wooden soap crates. "Here, there is a third dimension that comes from the space and lends itself to creating...
...recently grown in influence at the White House, to crow: "He intends to take a very strong leadership role; Watergate is a receding problem." Her optimism, however, was premature; Watergate is by no means fading. In fact, it has so permeated the national consciousness that its themes are in soap operas and newspaper comic strips. Orphan Annie, a Right-minded strip distributed by the pro-Nixon New York News Inc., recently made the point that a man'of high principles-like Daddy Warbucks or, by implication, Richard Nixonwould never stoop to authorize a burglary...
Panic Buying. Beyond the economic crisis, the political paralysis of the Tanaka government has created a crisis of confidence in it. Housewives have indulged in a wave of panic buying of such potentially scarce items as sugar and soap. Some experts fear that when the real crunch comes early next year, particularly if there are severe food shortages, Japan could be plagued by consumer riots...
...Diego's Decision Science, Inc., bristles at the mere mention of it. "It's a step backward," says Owens. "I think it's extremely unfortunate for people to think about soaring and hang-gliding in the same context. It's like comparing the Soap Box Derby to the Indianapolis 500." The feud is particularly sharp at Torrey Pines, where all hands compete for precious air space in one of the country's best-known updrafts. Even the most adamant partisans, however, seem willing to glide and let glide in the common pursuit of lift...