Word: ladened
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Beauty has poured out of both castle and cottage. The rich had their silver-laden chairs, nobility had its gold table service, and royalty had its jeweled Order of the Elephant. But there were ornate crowns for village brides, carved and painted cupboards for the peasant, delicate silverware for the merchant. All classes had their art, and art served all classes. By tradition, the nation's architects and sculptors have lavished as much talent on furniture, glassware, pottery, silverware, and even toys, as on stone or canvas...
Pittsburgh, Pa., welcomes its first World Series in 33 years today with stout hopes that the home town Pirates can handle the power-laden, experienced New York Yankees...
Taken at the Flood, by John Gunther. The father of soap operas, schoolgirl complexions and singing commercials is given his due in this anecdote-laden biography of the late Adman Albert Lasker...
...process information only as fast as they are fed it, usually by bored and fallible humans who read the information, then punch it onto cards or tape for the computer. With the optical scanner, which can read up to 96,000 cards per day, the computer-and every paper-laden company-has found a powerful ally. Scanners already read and process insurance premium notices, gas station bills, travelers checks, dividend checks. The National Biscuit Co. has cut the time for tallying inventory from a month to three days with a scanner, and a scanner-sorter being tested for the Post...
...response to Phoumi's call a flurry of local army commanders hurried in to consult. Beating time to reedy pipe music as he presided over a table laden with Scotch whisky and French wines, Phoumi assured a reporter that his troops were racing the Pathet Lao Communists through the roadless jungle to the capital, added earnestly: "If you let the Pathet Lao into the government, they will organize and work hard and sooner or later they will control the whole country...