Stacks of paper, multi-part forms, computer cards, and continuous forms produce paper splinters that can cause bite-like sores, rashes, or itching. So too can small pieces of wire insulation, carbon, and particle board. This is where paper mite and cable mite infestations got their name.
Betty Garrett played Archie's liberal tomboyish nemesis, Irene Lorenzo. Garrett had been blacklisted by Senator Mccarthy and the House of Unamerican Activities years before that due to alleged affiliations with the communist party and had struggled finding work, so All in the Family was a big break for her.
Though ''Ordinary People'' focuses on the rehabilitation of Conrad, mostly through the efforts of a wise, understanding, quick-witted psychiatrist, played by Judd Hirsch, the film's most interesting character is Beth Jarrett, a Bonwit Teller lady hanging onto her sanity by fingertips made of steel.