Word: chrome
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...later, in 1886, Gauguin tried to find new security in the hedged, rock-buttressed fields of Brittany, and succeeded only in learning how to compose his paintings better. In Aries, where he went to visit his friend Vincent van Gogh, he learned something about translating sunlight into arbitrary colors (chrome yellow, red-violet). Said he in his journal: "Though the public had no suspicion of it, two men were performing there a colossal work that was useful to them both." The work ended when Van Gogh went mad, chased Gauguin down the street with a razor, then went home...
Those who peopled the two worlds had little in common. The porteños (people of the port) were accustomed of an evening to squeeze themselves into giant teahouses and chrome-and-glass movie palaces. The peón of the "camp," working for his keep and a little more on the great estancias, found few with whom to gather; even his rooster crowed only twice, because there was no answer...
...arrived in New York by ship this week. It was a small, British-built, ten-horsepower Austin sedan. It was also the first evidence that Britain is in a hurry to carry out her export policy. The Austin will be followed by 20 more export models (which have chrome trimmings and leather upholstery, missing from domestic models) due in the U.S. within two weeks. Another 15 are en route to Argentina. Austi-Motor Co., Ltd. has been able to get its postwar jump on U.S. automakers because it really never stopped Austin production: the Austin-made British jeep, a utility...
Across the Border? Since WPB has denied auto manufacturers the right to use nickel in their new civilian cars, the motor industry is up against the problem of getting chrome trim (nickel is required as a base for chrome plating). Because the U.S. likes shiny metal, some considered trying chrome paint or stainless steel...
Ford Motor Co. suddenly announced that it thought it would be able to turn out chrome-trimmed cars. Ford officials did not elaborate, but best guess was that Ford would have chrome parts made in its restriction-free Windsor, Ont. plant, shipped to Detroit after paying duty...