Word: fabricating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about this state of near-anarchy is handsome Hamengku Buwono, 40, Sultan of Jogjakarta and Indonesia's Defense Minister. A 24-carat Sultan with an impeccable anti-Dutch background and the strongest man in the government, he decided to pull together at least one corner of the disorganized fabric: the army. The Indonesian army is an unwieldy, unreliable mob of 250,000 poorly armed, badly disciplined ex-guerrillas who grabbed guns to fight the Dutch, stayed on as "soldiers." Enthusiastically backed by his professional high command, the Sultan ordered unfit ex-guerrillas dismissed and the army slimmed into...
...nets for gathering plankton could not obtain from the sea enough food and water to stay alive-and even healthy -for weeks at a time. Determined to prove his theory, he set out from Tangier one morning last August, alone aboard a 15-ft. raft buoyed up by rubberized-fabric pontoons, and christened L'Heretique...
...White Suit (J. Arthur Rank; Universal-International). Alec Guinness as the inventor of an indestructible fabric in a British-made blend of slapstick and social satire (TIME, April...
...Fabrics for Refrigerators. International Harvester's new Decorator Model refrigerators will have fabric-covered doors designed to: 1) eliminate the chipping of enamel or porcelain door finishes; 2) let the housewife match her refrigerator with her kitchen decor. The changeable washable fabrics will be available in a variety of patterns, with window curtains to match...
...have saved the lives of hundreds of G.I.s and marines in Korea. Last week both the Army and Marine Corps announced the development of another protective garment-armored shorts. Cut like boxers' shorts and constructed of twelve layers of laminated nylon duck encased in a plastic and nylon fabric, the Army's "lower torso armor" will weigh 4 lbs. (Weight of vest and shorts together: 12 lbs.). Marine Corps armored shorts, which weigh about a pound less than the Army version, have been in experimental use in Korea since early November. The reaction of marines who have worn...