Word: pans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Although Pan American had served liquor since the 19303, domestic lines did not start until Northwest cracked the ice in 1949. Now almost all major U.S. lines serve liquor aloft. On first-class flights, American, United and T.W.A. pour free drinks. Heaviest pourer: Western Air Lines. On 18 of its 90 daily flights along the West Coast it serves free champagne, and stewardesses are instructed to keep the glasses brimming. Western, which plans to add three more champagne flights this month, claims 93% of its passengers accept at least one glass...
...People You Didn't Expect to Meet" interview, for which he unearthed weirdies, e.g., a goldfish doctor, a worm salesman and "the man who inserts the cloves in the hams you see in Lindy's window." Allen also credits Wouk with such skits as "Detective One Long Pan Was Disguised as a Girdle So They Knew He Was Closing...
...season's opening stumble should be forgotten, however, in the torrent of big shows to come. The three networks are pouring more than $75 million into the next few months. The deluge will include some memorable repeats from other seasons: there will be, for example, another Peter Pan with the matchless Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard. But there will also be new productions that ransack libraries, scoop in ballerinas, acrobats, actors, film and ideas from just about everywhere. Most favorites will be back. For the first time, the major Hollywood studios will be onstage or on cathode, shuffling...
...AIRLINER DECISION is expected to be made within a month by major U.S. airlines. Executives from United, T.W.A., American, Eastern and Pan American have reached the horse-trading stage with rival Planemakers Douglas and Boeing, are shuttling between the two firms dickering over prices and specifications on the Douglas DC-8 and Boeing 707. United President William A. Patterson has put spurs to both by stating that he will soon order 25 jets worth $125 million "from either Douglas or Boeing," depending on which has the better plane. Orders at stake: possibly 125 planes, worth $625 million...
...Washer's Friend. Cleaning pots and pans will be simplified by a new silicone-coating process that makes cooking utensils adhesion-proof. To be marketed by Omaha's new Selinized Process Co., the coating makes it possible to clean most utensils with a dishcloth. Some deposits come clean when the pan is turned upside down and tapped; more stubborn food remnants can be burned off by putting the coated saucepan back on a hot stove. By early fall the first batch of 7,500 Selinized standard aluminum utensils will be marketed in the Nebraska area at prices about...