Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Incredibly, neither side apparently had second thoughts, even when rumors spread that Arabs intended to cause trouble at the Games. In addition, U.S. businesses were told by the State Department to be on the lookout for Arab terrorist bombs...
...News was both proudly paternal and fiercely independent. When its aviation editor died the News kept sending his paycheck to his widow for nearly ten years, until their twin sons finished college. Nobody intimidated the News; when an advertiser once demanded a picture spread on his Christmas display window, the paper responded by running a friendly story on his chief competitor...
Promising as the process sounds, it still involves certain risks. Many scientists oppose the proliferation of nuclear reactors, which create lethal wastes and might accidentally release disastrous amounts of radioactivity. The spread of reactors appears to be inevitable, however, in view of the increasing demand for power and the dwindling reserves of conventional fuels. Hydrogen also scares people who cannot forget the fiery end of the dirigible Hindenburg in 1937. Nevertheless, German industry daily pumps hydrogen through 185 miles of pipeline, and researchers at Oklahoma State University use it to power four experimental cars that produce almost no pollution...
With this inflow of capital, OYAK investments have spread throughout the Turkish economy. The fund owns controlling interests in Turkish Automotive Industry, a company that assembles International Harvester trucks and tractors; MAT, a truck and tractor sales firm; the OYAK Insurance Co.; Tukas, a food canning firm; and a $3,000,000 cement plant. OYAK also holds 20% of the $50 million Petkim Petrochemical plant, scheduled to begin operations within three years, 8% of state-owned Turkish Petroleum and 7% of a $5.6 million tire factory owned mostly by Goodyear. Civilians operate the companies, but many key posts are held...
...some consumer advocates, that in itself is enough to stir new suspicion of advertising. Democratic Senator Frank Moss of Utah charges "wide spread and flagrant" failure of advertisers to substantiate their claims. His contention is based on a special study made for him by the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. A sampler of the results...