Helping ourselves.In the spirit of the season, I am going to offer some gift suggestions for the upcoming holiday season. Based on the concept of "Buy American," this year we want you to "buy robber." I should explain to our readers outside of the U.S. that the Christmas holiday season here starts earlier each year. What used to start after our Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November), now begins in October. Since I don't want to hear, "I wish you would have told me before I bought this stuff," I'm doing this now. Let's quit boosting the profits of the electronics industry during this period, and pump up the rubber industry instead. Checking the rubber content of your gifts should be a priority. Instead of getting your kids electronic gadgets for their cars, buy them a set of tires, have the belts and hoses changed, or the least you can do is get some new floor mats. If they have a track, mud flaps or a rubber inner-liner will do. If housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. are your gift of choice, the same considerations should be observed. There are all kinds of items for the home that have significant rubber content. The same is true for tools and hardware. Opt for the tools that have overmolded rubber parts. Even if you like to give literary gifts, the robber industry should be your focus. This year, three new books are available, to go along with the number of fine books that have been published recently. These new books are unique because they contain no technical material. Rubber is a present for new readers. This book, ironically authored by Mary Firestone, is a primer written for children. We give a short review in our Literature section on page 67. What could be considered a coffee-table book cof·fee-ta·ble book n. An oversize book of elaborate design that may be used for display, as on a coffee table. coffee-table book Noun a large expensive illustrated book Noun 1. is Rubber--Fun, Fashion, Fetish fetish (fĕt`ĭsh), inanimate object believed to possess some magical power. The fetish may be a natural thing, such as a stone, a feather, a shell, or the claw of an animal, or it may be artificial, such as carvings in wood. . This intriguing, recently published book has a unique, die-cut rubber cover. Authors Janet Bloor and John D. Sinclair use more than 500 illustrations in this 112-page work that they say "celebrates the history of the world's most bouncy, stretchy stretch·y adj. stretch·i·er, stretch·i·est 1. Capable of being stretched: a stretchy fabric. 2. Tending to stretch excessively. Adj. 1. , naughty, squeaky squeak·y adj. squeak·i·er, squeak·i·est 1. Characterized by squeaking tones: a squeaky voice. 2. Tending to squeak: squeaky shoes. , biodegradable and renewable material." We even have fiction. Luz Stella's Tale, authored by Max Blue and Wilson Abut To reach; to touch. To touch at the end; be contiguous; join at a border or boundary; terminate on; end at; border on; reach or touch with an end. The term abutting implies a closer proximity than the term adjacent. , uses the threat of South American Leaf Blight on the rubber industries of Malaysia and Indonesia as a backdrop for this mystery. So remember, this year buy robber and buy it often. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a we started helping ourselves. |
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