Word: bloopers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Blooper Snoopers. To quiet the growing clamor of consumer complaints, retailers are hiring more and more people to examine incoming merchandise. Kay Campbell's used to have salesclerks send back defective clothes once a season; now a full-time inspector examines each garment as it is received. Joseph Magnin has taken on four quality controllers in California and one on New York's Seventh Ave., where most women's wear originates. In the past year, the company has dropped ten suppliers that had repeatedly shipped faulty goods...
Spending has been held back in part because of a colossal blooper...
...near free-for-all over an exchange of beanballs resulted in two players from each team being thrown out of the game. Next night, the Giants rebounded long enough to take a 5-3 lead into the ninth inning. Then some more strange things, a broken-bat single, a blooper over second and a bunt, loaded the bases for the Dodgers. Then Leftfielder Manny Mota connected for a bases-clearing double and a 6-5 victory for Los Angeles...