Word: kit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been put on sale by Bolta Products Sales, Inc. of Lawrence, Mass. Made of semi-flexible Vinylite laminated to a paper backing, Bolta-Wall comes in ten colors, can be washed, resists scuffing and fading. Price: about 50? per sq. ft., installed; $19 for a "do-it-yourself" kit of 100 tiles...
...those who like to pinch pennies in their own workshops, the build-it-yourself business had the widest assortment of models yet. On view were 38 different models put out by seven kit-boatmakers, ranging all the way from 8-ft. prams to cabin cruisers. U-Mak-It Products, which had 15 models on show, also puts out a kit for a 23-ft. cabin cruiser (see cut} for $844 without motor, a saving of about $1,000 on the readymade model. Depending on the size, a home builder could slice as much as 60% from the price...
...past its bronze namesake in New York harbor one day last week, passengers and crew abustle with expectation of Christmas in New York. The passengers tripped ashore, most of them worrying about nothing more serious than whether Customs would find that extra bottle of Arpege cached in the shaving kit. But 271 members of the crew were held on board. Reason: they had run afoul of the new McCarran Walter Immigration law which went into effect at midnight...
That was like handing Kit Carson a rifle or Paul Bunyan an ax. Benny mastered the thing-which came down to his knees-and began blowing the stuff of American legend...
...halted at the fifth name: General Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O. A message to Cobham, Surrey brought 54-year-old General Templer flying to the banquet room in Ottawa. Three weeks later he was in Malaya, with such military and political powers in his kit bag as no British soldier had had since Cromwell...