Word: factoring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...terrible. The judge issued a writ of habeas corpus (with a 774-page opinion) freeing Roger from prison, where he had served only 21 years of a 99-year sentence. Judge Barnes said that Roger had been railroaded on a charge of kidnaping Jake ("The Barber") Factor, another character in the '20s' melodrama of crime, which either was or was not more real than a Slavic folk tale...
...special kind of screen test. Looking at her image, a panel of cosmetics experts gave their verdict: her makeup was perfect. After a solid year of experiment, a makeup had been invented that looked natural before the glaring new eye of color TV. The inventor: Hollywood's Max Factor & Co., whose concern with improving human looks before both cameras and kitchen stoves has made its name synonymous with glamour all over the world...
...past half-century, Max Factor has powdered, rouged and bewigged almost every U.S. star of stage, screen and TV, and invented special makeups for each medium. By retailing the same kind of theatrical glamour to housewives as well, it has grown into a cosmetic giant, with some 200 different kinds of lipstick, face powder, talcum, cologne, mascara, face cream, shampoo and soap. In 1953 alone, Davis Factor and Max Factor Jr., the brothers who run the company as chairman and president, counted net sales of $19 million in 101 countries, with profits...
Underlying this relaxed and healthy emotional attitude, Dr. Dunbar saw one factor as most important: "Centenarians have contrived to avoid or navigate the dangerous age range from 50 to 70"-which she compared to adolescence because of the severity of the changes in the individual's body and in his relationship to the outside world. "The individual beginning his second half-century of living is concerned about the possibility of losing himself sexually and vocationally." Centenarians, having "navigated" this period successfully, keep not only an interest in sex but also their potency...
...capsule of cobalt-60 (cost: $50) will cast its X-ray beam through metal welding, will easily show up every flaw. This inspection process, too expensive with old-style X-ray machines, increases the welding safety factor, reduces the thickness of metal that need be used. Example: if all welds are inspected with CO-60, a 50 ft. "Horton sphere" for storing high-pressure gases can be built safely with 12% less steel at a saving...