Word: switches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have women in fertile all their lives, except when they specifically wanted to conceive, and then switch on their fertility with a pill or a shot. If that sounds far out, so did the pills themselves, when such men as Dr. Rock began their research less than 20 years...
...flights unattended for several vital seconds. In addition, as the alphanumeric data blocks move with their appropriate blips across the screen, they occasionally merge with data blocks from other flights, making both sets of data illegible. During heavy traffic, when the screen is crowded with blips and data, controllers switch off the alphanumeric system and go back to the traditional system of manually moving "shrimp boats"?plastic identification markers?across the screen with their appropriate blips...
...Line" to ask if the paper might be able to arrange a G.M. courtesy car for their guest speaker to use for a couple of days. Sure, said G.M., when the paper called. The company rolled out a 1967 Chevy with shoulder harnesses, head braces, disc brakes, emergency flasher switch, freeway lane-changer signal, padded instrument panel and energy-absorbing steering column. It remained to be seen whether all that would satisfy the guest speaker: Auto Critic (Unsafe at Any Speed) Ralph Nader...
Smokers who want to switch may have a problem. The two top-rated brands, Stephano Bros.' Marvels and Cascade, are sold in relatively few stores and even fewer machines. Carlton, made by American Tobacco Co., is more widely distributed but by no means as widely as the old stand-by brands...
...plans, trusts and mutual funds sometimes swing on their recommendations. And while no one claims that they can change the economy, they sometimes come close-simply by changing their own economists. Last week one of the leading consultants, Manhattan's Lionel D. Edie & Co., ordered just such a switch...