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atenolol
Atenolol is a beta blocker medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure and heart-associated chest pain. Although used to treat high blood pressure, it does not seem to improve mortality in those with the condition. Other uses include the prevention of migraines and treatment of certain irregular heart beats. It is taken orally (by mouth) or by intravenous injection (injection into a vein). It can also be used with other blood pressure medications.
Nespresso
Nestlé Nespresso S.A., trading as Nespresso, is an operating unit of the Nestlé Group, based in Vevey, Switzerland. Nespresso machines brew espresso and coffee from coffee capsules (or pods in machines for home or professional use), a type of pre-apportioned single-use container, or reusable capsules (pods), of ground coffee beans, sometimes with added flavorings. Once inserted into a machine, the capsules are pierced and processed. Water is then forced against a heating element at high pressure meaning that only the quantity for a single cup is warmed. By 2011 Nespresso had annual sales in ex
Steadicam
Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizer mounts for motion picture cameras invented by Garrett Brown and introduced in 1975 by Cinema Products Corporation. The Steadicam brand was acquired by Tiffen in 2000. It was designed to isolate the camera from the camera operator's movement, keeping the camera motion separate and controllable by a skilled operator.
Fairchild Channel F
second-generation home video game console; first console that uses programmable cartridges
Gore-Tex
Gore-Tex is W. L. Gore & Associates's trade name for waterproof, breathable fabric membrane. It was invented in 1969. Gore-Tex blocks liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use. It is composed of expanded PTFE (ePTFE), a stretched out form of the PFAS compound polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
Slime
Mattel toy
Coleco Telstar series
series of dedicated first-generation home video game consoles
Pop Rocks
candy
Krating Daeng
Thai energy drink brand
Whac-A-Mole
Whac-A-Mole is a Japanese arcade game that was created in 1975 by the amusements manufacturer TOGO in Japan, where it was originally known as or .
Ron Zacapa Centenario
company
Elcaset
Elcaset is an analog audio cassette format jointly developed by Sony, Panasonic, and Teac in 1976, building on an idea introduced 20 years earlier in the RCA tape cartridge.
Music Man StingRay
electric bass guitar
EBow
thumb|An EBow|220x220px thumb|Using an EBow with a Telecaster
1292 Advanced Programmable Video System
second-generation home video game console released by Audiosonic in 1978
Shiroi Koibito
Japanese cookie
Timbits
Timbits is the name of a bite-sized pastry sold at the Canadian-based franchise Tim Hortons. Timbits are almost an exact equivalent to the American "donut hole"; however, they are baked, rather than fried. They were introduced in April 1976.
Type C videotape
broadcast magnetic tape-based videotape format
Zendium
Zendium is a brand of toothpaste marketed by Unilever in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Middle East, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Slovakia and Switzerland.
Carefree
brand of feminine hygiene product
Yorkie chocolate bar
brand of chocolate bar
butralin
Butralin is a preëmergent herbicide used to control suckers on tobacco in the United States, Australia, Mozambique and, for food crops also, China. It is a dinitroaniline, first registered in the US in 1976. It was used in the EU until a ban in 2009 due to its ecotoxicity.
Coast
brand of bar soap and body wash, currently manufactured by the Dial Corporation
Ginsu
Ginsu (; pseudoword meant to evoke the idea of samurai heritage) is a brand of direct marketed knives. The brand is owned by the Douglas Quikut Division of Scott Fetzer, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. The brand was heavily promoted in the late 1970s and 1980s on U.S. television by using infomercials characterized by hawker and hard sell pitch techniques. The commercials generated sales of between two and three million Ginsu sets between 1978 and 1984.
Maaza
Maaza (pronounced "Mahza") is a fruit drink marketed in Africa, Europe and Asia. Its most popular drink is its mango fruit drink.
Golden Grahams
breakfast cereal made by Cereal Partners
Sugar Puffs
Breakfast cereal from the United Kingdom
TV Scoreboard
dedicated first-generation home video game console released by RadioShack
Star Bar
thumb|right|A Starbar split in half