Word: households
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MORATORIUM" was scarcely a household word a couple of months ago. The dictionary definition is "a period of permissive or obligatory delay," and to most people it meant a pause in paying one's debts or in talking. Now, suddenly, "moratorium" has become the focus of national attention in its special 1969 sense: M-day, Oct. 15, a movement intended by its organizers and supporters to show the Nixon Administration that large and growing numbers of Americans want out of the Viet Nam war as fast as possible...
...between a gentleman from Upper Volta and a lady from the United Republic of Tanzania in the committee." she added. "Often, before the debate starts, we chat about our children and our household problems...
Still a bachelor at 42, Cornfeld keeps a Paris apartment, a London townhouse and a 13th century chateau just across the Swiss border in France. His principal abode is a Geneva lakeside villa, where the household includes two ocelots, his Russian-born mother and often a covey of miniskirted proteges. Lately, the restless Cornfeld has turned over much of the day-to-day operation of I.O.S. to some of his millionaire aides. Cornfeld remains the chief, but he obviously hopes to convince the remaining skeptics that I.O.S. is something more than his private fief...
...guitarist was blessed with the good Scottish name of MacLeod. This drew admiration from everyone, as did MacLeod's two and a half year old daughter who was the common care and joy of the household...
...Angeles' McCulloch Corp. believe that they may have found a solution. In an effort to improve McCulloch's portable electric-starting chain saw, they developed a new method of recharging ordinary nickel-cadmium batteries - the same as those used in transistor radios, electric toothbrushes and other household appliances. Ordinarily, it takes as long as twelve to 15 hours to recharge such batteries from wall out lets. With their system, say the McCulloch engineers, the job can be done in ten to 15 minutes...