Word: nylons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also a year in which a white man and a brown man, held together by a light nylon rope, climbed the highest mountain. In this feat of the New Zealand beekeeper, Edmund Hillary, and the sinewy Sherpa tribesman, Tenzing, millions down in the mundane valleys felt a vicarious exhilaration-the reminder that by valor and dedication man may surmount his Everests...
...many parts of the South, one-crop agriculture (cotton) disappeared along with the one-crop industry (textiles). Among the newcomers: Mead Corp.'s $30 million paper plant at Rome, Ga., American Cyanamid's $40 million ammonia plant near New Orleans, Chemstrand's $100 million nylon plant outside Pensacola, Fla. In 1953, for the first time, the value of Dixie's chemical products exceeded the value of its textile output...
...senior officer in the British Army) has served under three U.S. SHAPE commanders-SACEURs, in the alphebetical language of NATO-whom he ranked, or as the British say, pipped. He has done it untiringly, devotedly, brilliantly. He relentlessly travels the circuit of NATO capitals, traveling lightly, laundering his own nylon shorts, inspecting troops, prodding generals, harassing politicians into improving and speeding the training of reserves. "I can say things the Supreme Commander can't," he once explained. A SHAPE officer says admiringly: "Two questions and he can spot whether a country's reserve program is a phony...
...Portland, Ore. last week, President Zehntbauer, 69, showed off his 1954 women's line, already on display to catch the winter vacation trade. The suits, in cotton, rayon, wool and nylon, were trimmed with sequins, imitation pearls and rhinestones. They had such names as "Summer Siren" and "Caprice," and were priced from $8.95 to $32.50 (for "Diamond Mine." a rhinestone-studded suit in metallic colors). All would look good on a handsome woman, but would not necessarily make all women handsome. With his new line, President Zehntbauer thinks Jantzen will do even better than in record-breaking 1953) when...
...taking no chances in the feast-or-famine airplane business. A full 30% of his backlog is civilian business, and he is not concentrating on engines alone. Curtiss-Wright is making electronic equipment, textile spindles, windshield wipers, precision clutches, and diesel engine governors. A plastics division makes household gadgets, nylon-molded gears, wheels, and bushings for automobiles. Says Hurley: "Eventually, I would like to match our military business with civilian business, dollar for dollar...