Word: supermarketing
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...pettier kinds of cheating, largely because of the growth of communities and of population. In the urbanizing world in which crossroads are turning into shopping centers, towns into cities, and cities into megalopolises, nobody knows his neighbor's name-or feels responsible to him. The impersonality of the supermarket, the super university, the super-corporation gives the individual a guiltproof out: "After all, I'm not hurting anybody in particular...
...duplex house in Austin, complete with automatic dishwasher, air conditioning, three closed-circuit television cameras to scan the yard outside, and a charming little cubicle in the carport for the Secret Service. As soon as Luci and Pat had stowed their luggage at home, they set off for the supermarket to load up on frozen pizzas, dill pickles, potato chips and other staples for the pantry. Pat whistled in disbelief when the checker rang up the inflationary...
...first F.I.C.C. rally in an Iron Curtain country, and the Hungarians did their best to please. Inside the main camp was a U.S.-style shopping center where Hungarian girls in native peasant dresses hawked rugs, paintings and even antique silverware. A supermarket sold Red Chinese meat loaf, canned Peking duck, Russian tuna fish, Yugoslav salami, Hungarian goulash, and East German herring. The shelves were loaded with just about every variety of East-bloc wine and liquor. Next to the shopping complex a loudspeaker blared Red-tinged news reports alternately in English, French, German and Hungarian ("Seven American planes were shot...
...both when noise was turned on and when it was turned off. Continuous music has been found to make cows give more milk, and to combat tedium and raise production in offices and factories. Muzak, a leading piper of auditory tonic, has different programs for factory (brassier), office (subtler), supermarket (a combination of the two), and travel, mainly for airplanes. Plane fare is carefully screened for content; Stormy Weather and I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You are out. Muzak once played I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling and, says...
...addition, the court last month broke up the merger of two local Los Angeles supermarket chains, though they controlled only 7½% of grocery sales in the area. Two weeks ago, the court struck down a franchise system under which Brown Shoe Co. gave architectural plans, group-rate insurance, and sales aids to the 3% of U.S. shoe retailers who concentrated on selling its lines. In that decision, which could upset scores of franchising deals across the nation, Black held that the complaining FTC did not even need to show that the setup reduced competition...