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...main jobs of the Federal Trade Commission are to clamp down on misleading advertising and, dig up cases of monopoly. Because it is much easier to spot a fake ad than to dig up evidence for a full-fledged antitrust suit, FTC has felt moved to skimp on its more important trustbusting job; it has recently used its august powers on such piddling tasks as telling 1) Northwestern Extract Co. to stop claiming that "Grape Sparkle" contains real grape juice, 2) a small greeting-card company to stop describing its cards as "plateless engraved," and 3) International Laboratories...
...long-distance phone call from Los Angeles to Fountain Green, Utah. "We actually placed the call and recorded it. We got all the line clicks of the trunk lines, the rhythm of the operators as they moved the call from one relay point to another. You can't fake stuff like the authentic way an operator says 'One moment, please.' " Two telephone operators wrote in, praising the show. The telephone company wrote in, too, warning that their equipment could not be used for such stunts...
Others beside pickpockets made hay while the plativolos shone. Two employees of the Department of Communications and Public Works were fired for peddling fake photographs of discs to newspapers. A chiropractor advertised: "Stiff neck from looking at the saucers? Come and see me for a massage...
Mechanic's Clue. In Bristol, England, George Law recognized an auto stolen from him three years before, despite fake engine and chassis numbers and a new paint job, proved his ownership by pointing out a piece of chewing gum he had once used to patch an oil leak...
Rock is much slower afoot than most collegiate players, but offsets this lack of speed with an uncanny faking ability. Although he has an effective set shot, most of his scoring occurs when he travels parallel to the backboard, takes a quick fake, and then spins in a layup with either or both hands...