Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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CEMENT was known in ancient Crete; both Romans and Phoenicians used concrete. The shell as a form has fascinated man since he first learned to crack an egg. But it was not until mid-19th century engineers first reinforced concrete with iron ribs that concrete-shell construction suddenly opened up an exciting array of new architectural solutions to the age-old problem of providing shelter that is both economical and sound. Today, after decades of experiment and mathematical computation, concrete-shell constructions are at last coming into their...
With the big-brand companies moving in, fancy foods are expected to crack into the resistance area where they now must grub for sales-the South, the Midwest (except Chicago) and small towns all over. Virtually all fancy-food sales are confined to big cities; 60% come within a 300-mile radius of Manhattan. But they are spreading fast. In the past few years, the number of U.S. specialty-food stores has doubled to 6,000, and there are another 6,000 gourmet corners in groceries, drug and department stores, supermarkets, etc. It is in the supermarkets that the greatest...
...Hell Divers. In the predictable course of events, Thach followed brother Jim to Annapolis, where he quickly became known as "Little Jimmy" (the name has stuck, and among Navymen there are two Admirals Thach-Jim, now a retired vice admiral, and Jimmy of Task Group Alfa). As a crack plebe quarterback, Jimmy Thach showed a remarkable fighting instinct, but he never made the "A" team: a collision with a husky fullback dislocated his shoulder, ended his football days. "What shall I do?" he asked the doctor plaintively. The tongue-in-cheek reply: "Try wrestling." Jimmy Thach did just that, made...
...twelve, and he had to recruit a whole new team. But love of baseball, and the prospect of a trip to los Estados Unidos if they were good enough, served to draw the makings of another fine team. Last week in Williamsport, Pa., Monterrey was back for a crack at another World Series...
Kramer's recipe is to pick up a story shell of mollusk-like simplicity and crack it open almost raw to lay bare the flesh beneath. In Champion (1949), his hero was a heel who could hit, and would hit anybody to get to the top; in High Noon (1952), a lawman alone against four avenging gunslingers. The Defiant Ones, in terms of its plot, is equally spare: two men escape from a Southern chain gang and are hunted down by a sheriff and his posse. But from a stark, grimly witty script by Movie Newcomers Nathan E. Douglas...