Word: timex
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...white-smocked scientist. A sepulchral figure grimaces with concentration as, by the power of mind alone, he bends into mangled lumps of metal the fork and the key, then the legs of the table and finally even the chair he is sitting on. Yet the watch barely shudders. "Timex," intones an announcer. "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." At last, television viewers understand that they have been watching a sly parody of both the famous Timex slogan and the sort of magic act often performed by such self-professed psychics as Uri Geller...
These are the humble makings of a revolution in progress: Macaroni and cheese. Timex watches. Volunteer work. Insulated underwear. Savings accounts. Roseanne. Domestic beer. Local activism. Sleds. Pajamas. Sentimental movies. Primary colors. Mixed-breed dogs. Bicycles. Cloth diapers. Shopping at Wal- Mart. Small-town ways. Iceberg lettuce. Family reunions. Board games. Hang- it-yourself wallpaper. Push-it-yourself lawn mowers. Silly Putty...
...receptor will be marketed by AT&E, a San Francisco-based telecommunications firm, starting next month in Portland, Ore., and in 16 other U.S. cities by the end of 1991. Motorola and Timex plan to market a similar watch later this summer. The pager watches, however, will not have the voice capabilities of Tracy's timepiece anytime soon. Says Charles Skibo, president of AT&E: "That would run a battery down real fast...