Word: foams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam...
Cage, who has by some means determined that "people today are no longer afraid of time," played Vexations 75 times himself, then retired to sleep soundly on a foam-rubber pad down in the basement. But those who sat through the whole thing found themselves deeply enriched by the experience. The pianists were all transfixed by the music's windshield-wiper logic, and while each played his 20-minute turn (15 Vexations), the relief pianist stood by the piano, cultivating his interior immobility. "This kind of music," said one communicant, "leads toward the elimination of conscious control...
...board itself-commonly a polyurethane foam strip coated with Fiberglas and glossed with polyester resin-used to be cut to order, depending on the user's height, weight and skill, at a cost of $115 to $150. Now popular demand has brought readymade "pop-out" models for $70, even finish-it-yourself "blanks" that sell for as little as $30 wholesale. This year dealers expect to sell at least 30,000 boards, and rentals are booming...
...field became glutted, they began buying companies that made consumer products out of petrochemicals. Standard Oil of Ohio now owns the Prophylactic Brush Co. (toothbrushes), Phillips Petroleum makes plastic film for the packaging industry, and Continental Oil is preparing to market a detergent that does not clog sewers with foam...
...wrote with characteristic sweetness about Oran. "They have only one season. The following year, they are replaced by other flower-like faces, which, the previous season, still belonged to little girls. For the man who looks at them, they are yearly waves whose weight and splendor break into foam over the yellow beach...