Word: coppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...painters who could turn out a portrait in less than an hour for the price of $2.92. The freshness of the art. in fact, stems largely from its variety and degrees of sophistication. A wooden Columbia, all star-spangled-bannered, is a wonderfully flamboyant bit of jingoism. A large copper...
There was humor, as in the brightly uniformed Captain Jinks, who once was in front of a cigar store. And there was a talent for caricature, as in the stubby statue of Henry Ward Beecher. A Carrousel Rooster scampers off to nowhere, each wooden feather in place. A copper lady of fashion, which once adorned a dressmaker's establishment, is a swirl of rhythm. Eagles, monkeys, cats, lions, woodchucks, hogs, pouter pigeons, turtles and horses make up a delightful menagerie that reported on the wind, beckoned to the thirsty, announced the presence of circuses, and symbolized the glory...
...Newest symptom of pushbutton living is the Feller-Matic Insect Control Unit, which is said to be death on flying varmints, harmless to people, pets, wildlife and vegetation. A network of copper or plastic pipe is laid around the garden, patio or swimming pool, with nozzles set inconspicuously at intervals. The plumbing is connected to a tank of water-base Pyraid insecticide; when the owner flicks a switch, a pump jets the lethal mist over the area. A two-minute spray is effective for about half a day, gives off a pleasant lemon odor. The device is made by Feller...
...Anaconda Vice President Justice Lockwood, Phelps Dodge Copper President Edgar P. Dun-laevy, Cerro Vice President Richard H. Lewin, Scovill Sales Manager Maurice Liston, Mueller Vice President Alfred C. Dappert, Bridgeport Brass Vice President Richard L. Allen, and John M. Dumser, assistant to the president of Bridgeport Brass...
Between 1956 and 1961, the Justice Department charged, representatives of these companies, including the seven individuals- also named in the indictment, agreed upon identical price schedules twice a year during conventions of the Copper & Brass Research Association and also at a series of ten private meetings at the New York Athletic Club. All the defendants immediately denied the charges...