Word: bumpers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Bruce put the first record on to play, we noticed that it seemed wet. Bruce had removed it from a special polyethlene sleeve which he had had to peel from it like backing from one of those bumper stickers. Somewhat taken aback, we asked him about it. It seems that Bruce uses a special silicone lubricant on his records which he figures cuts record wear by about 75%. This gunk has the happy advantage of not gumming up the needle (as most record cleaners do). Although the records are somewhat sticky to handle and dust might tend to cling...
With an experienced smirk, Portfolio expressed his educated delight. "Samuel Tech played a beautifully judged game. we was murdered, and we deserved it. By the way, did you see how Billy Oval-tine destroyed our sneak forward-to-half bumper with those circular drops? Masterful!" (Ovaltine is the Sambo's all-East ace borderback...
...Secretary Freeman to tone down his bill. At week's end Freeman was ready to make some compromises, but gave no indication that he was willing to scrap Title One. There was little time to lose. As Freeman fretted, his Agriculture Department announced that this year's bumper crop of wheat would add about another 125 million bu. to the stockpile that already totals 1,450,000,000 bu. Every day the U.S. spends $1,400,000 just to store a mountain of surplus food that now is worth $9.4 billion...
Alarmed by aluminum's steady encroachments into Detroit-the average 1961 auto has 62.8 lbs. of aluminum v. 56.1 lbs. in the 1960 model-steelmen were provoked to open hostilities by the aluminum industry's prediction that its favorite metal is about to be used in bumpers, wheels, more auto engines and other auto parts. Indelibly etched in the memory of every steel producer is a 1959 Reynolds Metals- Co. radio commercial in which two loathsome characters named Rusty and Salty set out to feast on steel auto accessories but were frustrated by "rust-free aluminum...
...Steel Bumper: Oh, oh. Got yourself another dent. Look, why don't you give people a break? Let Great Lakes Steel take care of the bumpers, and you go back to your pots and pans...