Word: containment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chip, which is designed to let us block objectionable shows from our TVs. By law, starting July 1, half of all new TVs sold in the U.S. with screens of 13 in. or larger must have a V chip installed. By Jan. 1, all new sets must contain one. So last week I attended a demonstration to get acquainted with this tool...
...Court House Museum in Vicksburg, Miss., a visitor is hard pressed to find evidence that the Civil War is over--or the War Between the States, as it's called in Vicksburg. Exhibit cases contain Confederate uniforms and still-polished Confederate weapons. Photographs of "loyal slaves" who, the captions approvingly note, refused to leave their masters even after the war. A white hood from the original Ku Klux Klan, described as a "fraternal organization" protecting the South from the ravages of Federal troops. A shrine to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, his portrait lovingly protected in its own special room...
...package of foods is certainly helpful, but consumers need to retain a cautionary attitude, says Gorman. "One thing to watch out for is how much sugar is added to a cereal. Sugar provides empty calories with no nutritional value." To qualify for the new label, a food must contain 51 percent or more whole-grain ingredients by weight...
...Christina's Guava Pineapple sorbet is the perfect summer choice. Though we couldn't taste the pineapple, we didn't mind. The icy confection doesn't contain any dairy products and it melts in your mouth. The ice cream sells for $1.50 a scoop...
...last, Washington has decided how it wants to contain the possible flood of litigation that potential Y2K disruptions might unleash. Late Thursday, a bill acceptable to the White House finally cleared the Senate by a vote of 81 to 18 after having passed the House earlier in the day 404 to 24. Caught between its big supporters in Silicon Valley (who together with the broader business community aggressively pushed for the legislation) and its friends among trial lawyers and consumer groups (who just as aggressively opposed it), the Clinton administration accepted the latest compromise bill after some last-minute wavering...