Word: foil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Iron-Aid. An ironing pad with an aluminum-foil center that "bounces back the heat" and enables users to iron both sides at once, was put on the market by Boston's Mme. Merkin Co. Price...
This hour-long escape sequence achieves a rising level of suspense as Howard uses his espionage training in car stealing, judo, passport forging, and disguise to foil both the police and his fellow agents. In the Liverpool warehouse climax villainy gets its gory reward, and "Clouded Yellow" establishes itself as unusually good entertainment...
...order to keep Miss Farrand's late husband company. A handsome young corporal drops in, falls in love with Miss Farrand, and distracts both ladies back to a more normal interest in life. Miss Marchand is particularly engaging as the brazen ladies' maid whose carthy comments create an amusing foil to the high-flown sentiments of the two lovers...
Niven, the suave, debonair Lover, is suave and debonair, but it is largely as a foil for Miss Swanson and Alan Webb that his role has signicance. He is the befuddled straightman and, as such, he hands the show to Webb on a silver platter...
Tinless Cans. Reynolds Metals Co. announced two ways to make cans without using scarce tin. One method uses heavy aluminum foil coated with plastic material; the other uses steel coated on either side with aluminum. Price: "very competitive" with tin cans...