Word: cemented
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demolished northern Italy. A stupid thing to say, I know, for even before the War Nervi had demonstrated undeniable genius as an engineer. Yet Nervi's is the genius of solving problems. Destruction and financial ruin in Italy necessitated speed and economy, driving Nervi to the discovery of "ferro-cement," a new reinforced concrete--cheaper, more elastic, and, of the essence, more rapidly constructed than older versions...
Bosley Crowther (and many others) urged me to see an "absolutely staggering" picture--a funfest of wild drinking, bad words, sexy scenes and naughty thoughts, with a few fat moral issues to cement them together in the plot. But this movie is not a celebration of barbarism, nor even a squalid stripping of souls on the "Marty" bandwagon. If you arrive drunk or depressed you may not enjoy yourself, because there are admittedly some pretty unpleasant scenes. Your date may not enjoy herself, because there's no heroine to identify with...
...glue itself but the volatile solvents (acetone, butyl acetate, toluene) used to make the glue dry faster that are poisonous as well as intoxicating. Glue manufacturers are trying to find a remedy for the situation. Says Charles D. Miller, president of Tester Corp., Rockford, Ill., makers of model-airplane cement: "We are going to change the formula by reducing the amount of acetone so that the narcotic effect will be slowed down, but I am afraid the kids will just switch to another product...
Broil in Private. In all the cement pouring din, what of the well-to-do few who once had huge hunks of the Caribbean to themselves? They are still there, but in a new kind of resort away from the crowds where they can crawl off to their own undisturbed beach and broil in private peace. They frequently join in cooperatives, started either by a millionaire real estate developer or by a group of friends who pool their money for property on which to build a cottage colony. And since the co-ops are strictly screened, the members...
...step in to straighten out management problems, at times has found itself running an insurance company, a machinery maker, a food processor, a coal-mining firm, and a molasses company. To settle the estate of one wealthy New York lawyer, the bank merged three small cement companies he controlled, formed General Portland Cement Co., which in 13 years has jumped from $15 million in sales to $59 million...