Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Only a standard cover with a picture of a beautiful woman identifies the magazine as the latest Paris Vogue. Inside, things are far from standard. In an effort to increase circulation and dress up its Christmas issue, Paris Vogue has twice chosen a guest editor for its year-end edition. Last year she was Françoise Sagan, who limited her tasks to writing only a couple of pages. This year the choice was Actress Jeanne Moreau, who does nothing halfheartedly...
...superficial and haphazard." But the committee, which began its current investigations in January, seemed generally impressed by the testimony of Nader's young investigators. Senator Frank Moss, a Utah Democrat, is looking toward establishment of a corps of federal inspectors to see that the homes come up to standard. Moss also hopes to change the system of federal payments to reward those homes that provide high quality care and discourage those that...
...most innovative idea at Bragg is its enlightened approach to a particularly contemporary problem of the modern army: drug addiction. It has been standard practice in the Army to simply get rid of addicts by booting them out on a dishonorable discharge. That shifted the problem to the larger society. But Tolson decided that the Army was as prepared to help them as anyone else. Any junkie can now walk into special wards at Bragg's medical facility, announce that "I'm hooked?help me," and no disciplinary action is taken...
...scheduling appointments. Stores, bars and gas stations refused to serve them. A bus conductor told one power man: "Your lot have put me to a stack of inconvenience. Get off and walk." One of the few signs of support came from unionized workers at London's Evening Standard who walked out and halted late editions in protest against a drawing they considered objectionable. The cartoon pictured the E.T.U. worker as "Homo-electrical-sapiens Britannicus, circa 1970"−with head of "solid bone," eyes "green with envy," ears "deaf to reason," mouth "permanently open," hand "always out," and only...
...natural death, the insects would decompose and the next rain would wash their internal cargo of long-lived pesticides and toxic metals back into the water supply. But Metcalf proposes breaking the natural cycle. Since the insects are attracted to light, they can easily be caught in standard, electrically illuminated traps. One night Metcalf captured 300,000 adult midges in a single trap. They can then be burned at high enough temperatures to break down the pesticides...