Word: fiber
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...costlier craft, including Matthews' 42-ft., double-cabin cruiser at $53,000, and Wheeler's 43-ft., flying-bridge sedan at $55,000. But, more than ever, boat builders emphasized economy to lure more middle-income families, made wider use of low-cost, low-upkeep plastics and fiber glass. The percentage of fiberglass craft in the show has doubled since 1957; this year 150 of the 430 vessels were of fiber glass...
...average about 5 ft. tall, wear a sort of fiber loincloth. But the childlike women go wholly naked. Sexual customs are informal, with women valued chiefly as workers. Affection seems to be absent; there is no word for love in the Xetá language...
With the frazzled stare of a gal who wants to wash that fiber right out of her hair, svelte Capital Hostess Gwen Cafritz unwoolled herself after posing implausibly as Santa at a benefit. Supposedly a surprise to the guests, Gwen's gambit had been detected by ear-to-the-martini-tray Columnist George Dixon, who ungallantly told all in the Washington Post and Times Herald the day before...
Such improved synthetics have cut into the market for Old King Cotton. In one generation the percentage of cotton-fiber sales dipped from 85% to 65% of total U.S. fiber sales. But cottonmen are fighting back by developing goods with wash-and-wear finishes. Most of Dan River's cottons are now treated with finish that produces drip-dry, wrinkle-free cotton shirts, bedsheets...
...settings, Elemer Nagy installed a ring of corrugated fiber-glass flats, on each of which a colored slide is projected from the rear. There are still a few technical kinks, but this promises to be a satisfactory and economical solution. Nagy's lighting is adequate except that the night bedroom scene is far too bright...