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Word: foams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Recipe (as prepared by Disney's special effects department): To 1 lb. saltwater taffy add 1 heaping tbs. polyurethane foam, 1 cake crumbled yeast. Mix till smooth, allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over 1 cup cracked rice mixed with 1 cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil till it lifts lid and says "Qurlp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Daffy Taffy | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

...this "progressive Republicanism" is a synonym for sound thought about international affairs, Advance could profit much from publishing more of it. It can scarcely, however, continue to call its odd political foam either vigorous or dynamic; there is no vigor in it, and therefore still no easily acceptable excuse for Advance's existence...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: Advance | 2/9/1961 | See Source »

...will go to Betty Lou Raskin. 36, a research associate at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University. This week, at a Washington, D.C.. meeting of the American Society of Plastic Engineers, Miss Raskin unveiled the skywriters' dream weapon: "holey smoke" particles which are made of foam plastic and are so gossamer light that they hardly fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Holey Smoke | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

Republican politicians normally foam at the mouth at any headline-grabbing opportunity but when they talk of demanding equal time if Kennedy televises many press conferences they really do have a point. The prospect of a weekly Jack Kennedy Show in "prime time" on all the networks must be frightening for any opposition. And as the Democrats should well know, there is a place in the American system for a responsible opposition to be heard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strike One | 1/25/1961 | See Source »

...Christmas celebrations are the hard-working police. They arrested 30% more drunks during the holidays than the 100-a-night they jugged for two weeks straight the year before. To keep the more violent ones under control, the police have had to build a special truck lined with foam rubber and equipped with straps to tie them down. In an effort to teach some lessons, the police made recordings of the maudlin performances of the worst drunks arrested. The next morning the recordings were played back to them. If they were married, the wives were invited to listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Abroad: Bohnenkai Benders | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

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