Word: chrome
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their cabin, which blimpmen call "the car," is fitted out with airline luxury-three bunks, chrome chairs, cookstove. There is a reason for these comforts. Effective watch is a terrible strain, especially when the lookout must scan not only the surface, but underwater-for U-boats have a habit of lying motionless on the continental shelf in daytime. Consequently blimp observers can stand watch only a little over an hour at a time, are encouraged to doze during the off watches. Any comfort they can be given is not wasted...
Wallace and Perkins had a hard time setting Washington afire. BEW's zeal for stockpiles was muffled in asbestos by Jesse Jones. Its zeal for mixing diplomacy and business was iced by the State Department. BEW had great plans to cut off oil from Spain, get useful chrome instead of useless gold from South Africa; the State Department cooled them off in a hurry...
...that jewelry makers are denied all use of tin, copper, aluminum, chrome, nickel and iridium, these pieces of raffia, felt, wood, clay and glass are the latest thing-and almost the only thing left-in costume ("junk") jewelry. Whoop-dedoo of the spring season are pieces like a pair of red felt lips clutching a pink felt rose...
There has been some talk about a victory bike to be made from scrap materials, with as few superfluous gadgets is possible, but nothing definite has been settled in this matter. If this new type of machine is manufactured, it will probably lack fenders, stands, and chrome finish...
...Chrome...