Word: soaping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...number of interesting, well-argued editorials has also been vastly increased. But WCVB's programing diet still depends on re-runs, old movies, soap operas, and network prime time shows, all of which are of debatable quality and importance. Also when WCVB took over the ABC affiliate in Boston--with Channel Seven, WNAC gaining the CBS shows--the station took on a network that has consistently run behind both CBS and NBC in the all-important ratings. But Gardner promised that the viewer would soon see a lot of "unexpected things," mentioning 30 to 60 second, non-commercial mini-documentaries...
...Motorola television sets. Cutting costs extends to the smallest things, like using nonwrinkle sheets to save on pressing. Instead of buying expensive rugs, Holiday Inns' chiefs save money by ordering cheaper rugs and chucking them out after three or four years. At many inns the soap bars that guests rarely use up are ground down and used in floor-cleaning liquid...
There are still shortages in the state-run stores, but they are not as serious as before. Two years ago, one had to search the city for a toilet seat, a curtain rod or a soap dish. Today they are abundant and cheap. In a neighborhood store called "A Thousand Things," there are now a number of items that were not on sale even in late 1970: portable hair dryers, electric shavers and cans of spray paint. At GUM, the famous department store on Red Square, the selection of clothing has expanded, though the prices remain high. The store even...
...current conversion to civilian products is the second major change that Norris has made in the nature of its business. The company, founded in 1930, began life as a maker of magic coins, trick mirrors, chauffeurs' badges and dispensers for toilet paper and soap. Before World War II, however, it developed the first seamless cartridge casing, and by V-J day it had "produced more kinds and sizes of artillery cases than any other contractor," according to a company brochure. During the Korean conflict, Norris operated the largest single plant producing cartridge cases for the U.N. forces...
...Mile Fair," a rural flea market that sprawls over 50 acres of fallow soybean field near Milwaukee. The fair has attracted as many as 1,000 sellers (who each pay a $3 registration fee) and 100,000 browsers, who haggle over the price of bassinets and branding irons, laundry soap, auto parts, farm tools and bakery goods. Charles L. Niles, who originated the fair and now spends all his time operating it, recalls the time that someone walked into the main office seeking an oxygen mask: "I announced it over the p.a. system, and within ten minutes...