Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bayonet-like Blade. The first speaker was bull-necked Asanuma, who lumbered to the rostrum a few moments after 3 p.m., and in a deep, rasping voice began denouncing Japan's much-debated security pact with the U.S. Hecklers of a Nazi-style group called the Great Japan Patriots' Party showered the stage with leaflets and shouted "Shut up, Communist" and "Banzai the U.S.A." Asanuma ignored them. As he went on speaking, a youth leaped onto the stage. He was wearing boots, a student's high-collared black uniform and a thick jacket. He clutched a slightly...
...their restrained splendor, ancient Persian miniatures still suggest an ingredient of present-day Iran, a harsh and occasionally beautiful land where each oasis, even a blade of grass, can seem a small miracle, and where the diminutive art form continues to flourish. With economy of line and careful balance of color, the best of the miniatures capture an unexpected spaciousness and a certain timeless rhythm...
...African of tomorrow, lightskinned, well-dressed, usually in comfortable surroundings. Coca-Cola successfully uses testimonials from U.S. Negro athletes, Lux from U.S. Negro actresses. One ad firm sold cigarettes in villages with the slogan: "Men about town smoke Commandos." Another company raised sales of its safety razor blade with an illustration that would make any Westerner turn to the electric razor: a scene showing the razor cutting a lion in half, with blood dripping all over the poster. The bestselling bicycle is made by a company that distributes posters showing an African waving gaily as he outpaces a pursuing lion...
...Tower," provided a varied diet of puns, epigrams, wry humor, and observations on man's minor imperfections and the minutiae of life. His sharp eye surveyed the theater: Helen Hayes, he observed, after seeing her coy performance in Caesar and Cleopatra, suffered from "fallen archness." He rewrote razor-blade ads ("Ask the man who hones one"), and punctured politicians ("When candidates appeal to 'Every-intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them"). He drafted fond couplets to his young sons...
Though A.S.R. is the second largest (after Gillette) razor-blade manufacturer in the U.S., until recently it has suffered from unimaginative marketing policies. With its extensive advertising, promotion and consumer-research programs, Philip Morris hopes to beef up A.S.R. sales; other consumer-product possibilities for the new combine are candy, shaving creams and men's toiletries...