Word: nylons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What are the differences among these tires? In the bias-ply tires, the rubber tread is attached to a casing made of crisscross layers of rayon or nylon (see diagram). The belted models are built the same way, but in addition they have two or more rigid belts of fiber glass encircling the tire under the tread. Helped by these extra belts, the tire grips the road better, wears up to 15% or 20% longer, is less likely to be punctured. In the radials, the casing cords run in straight lines instead of a crisscross pattern, and as many...
...campers, yachtsmen, private-airplane pilots and snowmobilers, a company named Relevant Products Inc. of Louisville has come up with the Safe-T-Cell, a compact 2-lb. super-first-aid kit. Crammed into a sturdy polyethylene cylinder are tourniquets, bandages, antiseptics, adhesive tape, aspirin, rescue blanket, waterproof matches, nylon cord, a compass and even chocolate. Marine, aircraft and camper versions sell for $13.95; a more elaborate marine model, which also contains a mouth-to-mouth resuscitator, goes...
...export to the West, second-rate stuff for "fraternal allies," third-rate goods for home consumption. Even though the East Germans are Communism's most efficient workers, they produce only 50% as well as their West German brothers. While take-home wages average about $142 a month, a nylon shirt in East Germany costs $20, a pair of men's quality shoes...
...coats attractively, and visited Paris, London and Munich fashion shows. Before, we always feared competing in the Western market. To our surprise, we tripled our sales westward. We even sell embroidered coats to Japan." A consumer magazine, Nagyitó ("Magnifying Glass"), has appeared, examining such products as refrigerators, nylon stockings and canned goulash...
Ever since Du Pont scientists in the 1930s mixed coal tar, air and water to produce nylon, the wizards of Wilmington, Del., have been searching and researching for another equally profitable synthetic smash. By 1964, Du Pont chemists thought that they had found it: a porous polymer that looked and felt like leather, yet wore like armor plate. The company thereupon introduced Corfam, a weatherproof shoe material, predicting that by 1984 every fourth foot in the country would be encased in it. Du Pont stock rose to an all-time...