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...thing is not to get people pushing the panic button-this should set everybody taking precautions," Lord said...
...cannot alter: a shift to the right in voter sentiment and a personal campaign style that has changed in the course of four months from disastrous to mediocre. But if he does not excite the voters, he clearly gets their respect as he makes his rounds in three-button suit (all buttoned and a flag pin in the lapel) for 18 hours...
...finesse, he approached the riders from behind. But when he got turned around, he lingered for a responsive chat with some, pointing to a broken window ("That's a real danger") and low fences along the tracks ("My grandson could climb that fence"). One man wearing a Rockefeller button grasped Goldberg's hand and said: "You were a wonderful Supreme Court Justice. I wish you had stayed on the court." Goldberg responded: "Sometimes I wish...
...Masher, which looks like a kissing cousin to a small filing cabinet, has been under development for three years It is now deemed completely safe. A key-presumably kept out of reach of children and would-be suicides-must be turned, a button pushed and the door closed before it will work. The machine had a successful test run last fall in Houston, Atlanta and New Orleans, few prospective customers seemed upset over the somewhat stiff purchase price...
...high waste drawer at the bottom of the 15-in.-wide appliance. Each time the Masher is filled, which in most households would be daily, a spray device automatically squirts a deodorizing and disinfecting liquid on the trash. Then the key is turned on and the start button pushed. Brute force does the job. The waste is compressed-by a ram that for an instant exerts a force of one ton-into a solid, bag-enclosed brick. The bag can be carried out for ordinary garbage pickup and a new paper bag inserted in the machine. Unlike garbage-disposal units...