Word: flouring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Association for the Advancement of Science, in Belfast, was greeted at its 114th session by its previous president, the Duke of Edinburgh. Theme of the conference: "Of what use is science if man does not survive?" Discussion ranged from the number of mouse hairs contained in a pound of flour (there may be as many as 180), to a time-motion study of the Royal Navy (only 15% of British tars shave before noon), to problems of parthenogenesis among humans (verdict: unisexual reproduction, common in insects, is unlikely to be achieved by women, but it would cause a dickens...
...grandiose schemes for victory. One announced that he was the man solely responsible for the victory of Calvin Coolidge-given proper power, he wanted to do the trick for Ike, too. But most of his ilk were politely turned away by pretty, blonde Sally Pillsbury of the famed flour family, a volunteer worker who toiled at the Eisenhower reception desk. A scourge of drunks arrived too, and were yanked out to fresh air by Chicago policemen...
When Pillsbury Mills, Inc., second biggest U.S. flour-milling company, began putting its quick mixes for pies and cakes ("just add water") on the market in 1945, sales rose like popovers in a pan. The mix business, both for the home and for bakers, grew so fast that in 1949 Pillsbury opened a new plant. Last week Pillsbury's rewarded Paul S. Gerot, 49, the crack salesman who had put over the quick mixes. It made him president. Gerot, who came to Pillsbury fresh out of Northwestern University and swiftly climbed the ladder as a salesman, succeeds Philip Pillsbury...
Gold Medal Flour). The television weddings have so far been performed only by rabbis and Protestant clergymen. Nelson has not figured out a way to present Roman Catholic marriages on TV, since they must take place in a church...
Quick Rejection. Both marriage and business prospered. The Howes had five children-three daughters and two sons-in six years. C. D. Howe Co. Ltd. drafted plans for 85% of the grain elevators built in Western Canada, designed bridges, docks, factories, flour mills and industrial buildings in all of Canada's provinces and in the U.S. Howe's work took him as far afield as Argentina, where he designed several of the great grain terminals that still tower over Buenos Aires' waterfront. "When I build them," says Engineer Howe, "they stay built." In an era of relatively...