Word: accordions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Like an Accordion. When the Korean war broke, the company was ready to step up production of Panthers (the first Navy jets to go into combat in Korea) by means of its "accordion plan." To keep capacity flexible without big capital outlays, this plan called for subcontracting wing panels, tail surfaces and other smaller parts to outsiders, not only for Panthers but also for the Cougar, a swept-wing Panther. Thus, Swirbul has kept his work force down to 11,800-less than half Grumman's wartime peak, although his order backlog has soared to roughly $900 million...
...year-old monarch puts on a gay, all-night party in his palace at Pnompenh. The guests are treated to ice cream, Coca-Cola and pink champagne, music by the royal band and free-hand composing by His Majesty. The king picks out tunes on the piano, saxophone or accordion; the band picks up and elaborates his themes and a professional musician jots them down...
...largely leaden and sometimes laughable. The unassuming grace of Clara Fasano's small terra cotta Siesta ($450) made it a legitimate standout. But the more typical exhibits, e.g., Maurice Glickman's hard-bitten Struggle ($5,000 in bronze) and Bernard Rosenthal's insectile Accordion Player ($750), were notable mainly for their strangeness. Granting that the nation's demand for sculpture is unfortunately limited, a good deal of the national supply seems to be unhappily misshapen...
...Zeno, now 52, presided over it all like an unconventional patriarch, counseling his children, praying with them, and playing his accordion for them. Instead of his clerical soutane, he wore a beret and turtleneck sweater. Unfortunately, he was never able to dodge conventional economics. With most of its citizens too young to earn enough money to support the colony, Nomadelphia accumulated a disastrous debt of 310 million lire (nearly $500,000). By last month the creditors were growing restless...
...away from you. I am no longer father to you. I am a priest in search of a diocese, and I am one of the unhappiest men on the face of the earth." Last week the first of the Salesian fathers arrived in Nomadelphia. Don Zeno packed his accordion and went off to rest and wait for a new assignment...