Word: nylons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...couch. Apparently, current from the conductor "arced"-or spurted-to another object, and the blaze began. Almost immediately, it raged out of control in the cabin's 100% oxygen atmosphere, which was capable of turning any spark into a conflagration. Some 70 Ibs. of inflammable materials such as nylon netting and chemical coolant fed the flames...
...Suit. The paper that helps make it all possible is Kimberly-Stevens' Kaycel, a tough blend of 93% cellulose and 7% nylon which is fire resistant unless washed. So great has been the demand that the company has had to put all Kaycel customers on rations; since there is not enough to go around, manufacturers are turning to Du Font's Ree-may, a "spunbonded" polyester, and are also using Kendall's Webril, a nonwoven rayon. Kaycel marketing experts calculate current expenditures for disposable goods made from Kaycel and similar materials at $50 million per year, think...
...suddenly heard the unmistakable sound of trousers splitting beneath his tails. With a laugh, he flew through the rest of his act, but next day decided to take steps. He trotted over to Saks Fifth Avenue, asked the rather elegant salesman for one pair of men's nylon tricot boxer shorts, pure black. The clerk blanched, then to his own amazement discovered that the store did indeed have one pair of black nylon shorts. "Do you mind, sir, if I ask, why black?" he said. Stiffening, Ray mugged: "I, sir, am in mourning...
...varying versions and lengths. Still, it would take more talent than the average collector possesses to "participate" in one of Fahlstrom's masterpieces, Dr. Schweitzer's Last Mission. It consists of eight painted metal boxes, ten cutout boards and 50 magnetic cutouts, many of them hung by nylon threads from the walls and ceiling. It took Fahlstrom three years to dream it up. And for the present show, where it occupies most of a room, the artist needed two helpers and three days to install...
...variable. In Colosseum, he indulges in a prudish flight of fancy; as the poet broods on the ancient games, he also rather absurdly sees capitalist corruption symbolized amid the Roman ruins by "powdered pederasts," "urinating whores," and a "society lady" swooning with delight as a gigolo pulls off her nylon panties. Then again, he takes a good-humored dig at the Western preoccupation with spy movies and has a ball with a Bond take-off entitled Impressions of the Western Cinema. He envisons a future state of espionage technology when even roses are bugged and he evokes a worldwide convention...