Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Such a system would involve a fleet of ships and a chain of automatic sensing buoys, plus aerial photography and satellite observation. The system would be used to spot the source of pollutants like oil, mercury and lead. It would also monitor oxygen levels in the seas and "red tides," the abnormal growth of phytoplankton that can choke out other forms of marine life. Obviously, such a system will need the political support of nations that now exploit and degrade the seas...
...about 800 subscribers for its regular research publications-including banks, investment houses, foundations, universities and more than 40 corporations. Harper & Row has already published one of its special reports as a paperback. Borrowing the methods of securities analysts, the Council's staff of 20 interviews company officials, spot-checks the results for accuracy (both in the field and with outside specialists) and then compiles its surveys. So far, C.E.P. has issued six reports, covering corporate performance in military contracting, minority hiring and, most frequently, pollution control...
Today, bartering is more lucrative than jingle making. Sixteen different divisions of the company are constantly trading off radio spots for Cadillacs, fur coats, Las Vegas hotel space and airline credit. Currently, Pepper & Tanner has at its disposal $27 million worth of spot time on U.S. stations. Last year the corporation grossed upwards of $40 million...
...overall effect is more that of a doctor's office than a tattoo parlor. The curious are permitted to look on as Tuttle imprints hands, forearms, manly chests or shoulders. But some 40% of his customers are women, and when a lady wants a tattoo in an intimate spot, Tuttle asks her to bring a friend as a witness−for his own protection−and closes the door...
...success of her melon-sized dinner dumpling. In another room, her stomach-sore husband gurgles his pained compliments, downs a fizzing glass of Alka-Seltzer and returns to hear her plans for the morrow. "Marshmallowed meatballs," she exclaims. "Poached oysters!" He does an about-face for more analgesic. The spot sent Actress Alice Playten on to richer fare in the theater, and at least one publication printed her recipes for marshmallowed meatballs and other specialties...