Word: toaster
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...start up the toaster's compendium...
...poured the milk down the sink, rinsed out the glass, and placed it mouth down in the drainer. She checked if there were any crumbs on the counter to attract ants and, finding a few by the toaster, brushed them with one hand into the other, and down the sink, after the milk. With a wet washcloth she erased a smear of jam she had noticed near the toaster. She switched off the counter lights and said, "I'm not drinking. I'm going...
...trial, Patty had repeatedly cited her Fifth Amendment rights against selfincrimination 42 times in all, leaving some members of the jury visibly startled. The new material included notes in Patty's handwriting, so stipulated by Bailey, that seemed to be cryptic references to making a time bomb: the "toaster wire: 10 sec; timing device w/fuse; clock (set to minutes) or cigarette (wire in fuse)." There were also more explicit and alarming comments: "place for 'switch' car to be (just in case); lookout signal; meet to talk about shooting...
...Manhattan, General Electric Co. has decided to give rebates to buyers of appliances, even though rebates have not done all that much to stimulate sales for the auto manufacturers. From March 1 to May 18, buyers of G.E. hair dryers, toaster ovens and 37 other kinds of appliances will get rebates of from $2 to $5. Not to be outdone, the Proctor-Silex Corp. intends to give rebates of $3 to buyers of its self-cleaning steam irons. Beginning in the spring, buyers of Schick electric shavers, curling irons and hair dryers will also collect rebates of as yet undetermined...
...order to accommodate the director's self-indulgences, is at least a half-hour longer than good narrative sense dictates; and for one shot in par ticular, in which, having used every silly setup imaginable, Rosenberg finally resorts to photographing some action reflected on the side of a toaster...