Word: growed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cheap but strong plastic heat exchanger, a line of nylon shutters and plastic vanity tops, and a compound called Zeset that keeps wool sweaters shrinkproof and enables felt hats to retain their shape and stiffness. For the future, Du Pont researchers envision such wonders as ski jackets that grow thicker and warmer when the temperature drops, curtains that change color or covering power when the sun hits, a fiber product that will remove salt or waste from water. Of course, as Treasurer Evans says, "we can't expect another nylon." Or could it happen? The company is already building...
Shadow Plays. In his struggle to maintain that fusion, he very nearly realized the wish that he once expressed as a little boy-to grow up to be "a martyr." He was accepted at the Vienna Conservatory at 15, later supported himself by conducting, and at 37 became director of the Vienna Opera. He swept out has-been singers and dusty traditions, and turned out the polished, provocative productions that made him one of Europe's major musical forces. He was also a fanatical-looking figure-5 ft. 6 in. tall, thin, gazing fiercely from behind rimless spectacles...
...variety of credit improvements. In addition, a three-year-old price freeze on industrial products will be reduced and export incentives increased. If exports increase, these measures may help bring the budget closer to balance-a hope to which the French always cling. Analysts reckon that the deficit will grow to $1.2 billion by year's end against a $24 billion budget...
...reason why his egg houses need nest in solitary splendor on the beach or perch on the edge of cliffs. For Paris he is just finishing an athletic club unlike anything ever seen before. On Spain's Costa Brava he is designing a whole resort town that will grow out of the rocks like a bulbous cactus. These days, Häusermann likes to recall that when he presented as a student project three great pyramidal structures honeycombed with individual oval living units, his professors objected that "Pretty soon the planet will be covered with nothing but balls...
...violent price swings, which chiefly reward speculators. "From now on we will have harmony in our policies," beamed Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian Foreign Secretary General. "This conference," added Zambian Foreign Minister Simon Kapwepwe, "should be a lesson to all underdeveloped countries. Those who grow sugar and coffee should start coming together...