Word: opticians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Divorced. By Forbes Burnham, 43, Prime Minister of Guyana (formerly British Guiana), newest nation in the Western Hemisphere: Sheila Lataste Burnham, 41, a former Trinidad optician; on grounds of desertion (he said that she left him, refused to return); after 15 years of marriage, three children; in Georgetown, Guyana...
...spectacles-also known to the trade as pulpit glasses and half-eyes -is lending a new mien to the far-sighted across the U.S. People of all ages and walks of life are popping up in demi-cheaters. "We used to sell about two pairs a month," says Milwaukee Optician James Shofner. "These days, we sell at least a pair...
...Most laymen are understandably confused by the terms. Until about 1920, eye-specialist physicians were generally known as oculists; status seeking led them to style themselves ophthalmologists (which few patients can spell or pronounce). The man who made corrective lenses was an optician. An intermediate group developed, called doctors of optometry, who often did the eye measurement (refraction) on which the prescription was based. Opticians can still grind lenses but are forbidden to do the refraction...