Word: designate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Plumpish, diplomatic Ray R. Rausch, 49, most affable, best-liked of all top Ford men, now boss of the sprawling Rouge plant. Rausch came to Ford from Timken-Detroit Axle Co. in 1921, to run engineering, tool design and construction, later headed the important salvage department, was elevated to Rouge boss in 1933. A quick and practical improviser, Rausch often steps out of Rouge to solve problems in other parts of the empire. As a production man, he is second only to tall, handsome Charles E. Sorensen. When a shortage of fabricated steel threatened to halt Willow Run construction, Rausch...
...competition for the Temple's design was won by the late New Jersey architect Louis Bourgeois, a Bahá'i believer. Bourgeois took ship to the Holy Land, showed Abdu'l-Bahá his drawings. Abdu'l-Bahá approved and set the building's cost at $1,000,000 (cost to date...
...Their design is intended for large-scale building projects where changes in the plan or the use of the structures may be likely or desirable. They call their development "Ratio Structures" and have completed a full scale sample in The Bronx. Built on small concrete piers, it is unique in having its framework, like a snail's, on the outside. The structure is composed of two practically independent parts: 1) an arch-shaped roof made of insulated panels and supported by posts; 2) rooms, formed of demountable inner & outer panels* which can be shuffled around at will under...
...expectancy of a live concert, nevertheless continue to give enjoyment to many. The Crimson Network should be mentioned, as should WMEX, and the 11:30 o'clock Columbia Masterworks program, and a host of others. WCOP, until recently, has offered a program at 1 o'clock known as "Design for Listening," which, in spite of some very questionable announcing, is more than adequate because of its fine choice of records. It went off the air only last week. A few post-cards in the right place may yet bring it back...
...million worth of unfilled orders for tanks, shells, howitzers, boats, aircraft assemblies and freight cars; it expects its cars to be used again, as in 1942, to transport eight million armed men and 18 million civilians; it may land a Government order for 1,200 troop-sleepers of new design, plus 400 mess cars; and it has ready for peacetime production a new, lightweight, 24-roomette duplex sleeping...