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...Kingston said. "We want to button down the lid this weekend...
Masochists may sometimes feel left out at Christmas, but not this year. For just $39.95 they can receive a handy miniature (5-in. length, 2-in. diameter) calculator that displays the time, the date and, at the push of a button, an up-to-the-second tally of the national debt (programmed to rise by $8,000 a second from a base of $2.35 trillion on Oct. 1, 1987). Says inventor Warren Dennis, a Pasadena, Calif., tinkerer and punster: "Maybe when people see the national debt like this, right in front of them, they'll take an interest...
...certainly cuts into network ratings. More insidiously, the VCR -- and its high-tech sidekick, the remote-control unit -- has encouraged a new, more active method of TV viewing known as "grazing." A survey published last month by Channels magazine found that 75% of all TV homes have remote-control buttons, and nearly half of the button pushers say they switch channels frequently during programming...
...inebriated fan--unsatisfied with the conventional Fenway souveneir--begins cajoling a hot dog vendor out of his "Fenway Franks--$1.50" button...
...give you five bucks for that button...