Word: causticity
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Said John Olin: "It's a natural combination. Mathieson makes ammonia; Olin uses ammonia. Mathieson makes caustic soda; Olin uses caustic soda. Mathieson built up from basic chemicals into consumer products; Olin went from consumer products down into the chemical field . . . The two companies dovetail...
...designer of modern furniture: The trouble with most modern designers is that they are less concerned with the customer's comfort than with the esthetic theories of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art. In Homes of the Brave, wittily abetted by Cartoonist Mary Petty, he provides a caustic analysis of modern styles...
...well then, we're wasting our money. A small, tough shield in front, big reserves behind, which are organized-properly organized-and the war is won. Mind you, not by the active forces you keep up in peacetime, but by the nation in arms behind the shield. . ." Through caustic, he is also confident. "My view," he says, "is that the danger of premeditated-the word is important-war has been pushed back, largely due to American money and sacrifices made by the people of Europe. The job's been successfully done...
...chapters of parasites and fungi are by no means all of the Agriculture study. "Phony Peach and Peach Mosaic" not only gets to the heart of the annoying fruit virus problem, but also contains some rather caustic remarks about "the phony peach project of 1929." Other chapters of importance include: "Powdery Mildew of Apples," "The Rot That Attacks 2,000 Species," "Stony Pit of Pears," and "Hazards to Onions in Many Areas...
...harem-like bureaucracy between 1933 and 1936. As a combination court favorite and whipping boy, Ickes had a magnificent opportunity to observe his hero, Franklin Roosevelt, at work and at play, and the diary faithfully reports his intimate relationship with the President. But the Ickes of the caustic quotes and belligerent campaign speeches emerges only occasionally; like most diarists, the author was simply writing a detailed and essentially formless account of his daily life, and many of The First Thousand Days will be as full of drudgery for the reader as they were for the author...