Word: papered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...orators, felt obliged to express his "esteem, tribute, and high regard" for the general. Seeing that they were not mustering enough support, the Afro-Asians, led by Pakistan's Aly Khan, softened their resolution even more (ALGERIAN REBELS RUN UNDER ALY KHAN'S COLORS, headlined one Paris paper...
...smellies here to stay? Or are they just another cinema gimmick that will soon be one with the paper goggles of yesteryear? No doubt the public will get tired before very long of having its nose tweaked. But if smelliemakers can provide more realistic smells and make more intelligent use of them, the scent track might offer rather more than meets the nose. Exhibitors can sniff secondary possibilities in "the olfactory dimension." One of them has suggested that if he could give his customers the smell of steam heat, he might be able to cut down his oil bill. Another...
...from 7 to 9 P.M. For the most part, one man, either LeFevre or a guest lecturer, talks uninterruptedly; some time there are discussions among the class. The most common form of homework, besides the reading from three short textbooks, is a daily 200-word paper, on such assignments as "Assume you are a private contractor. Tell how you could build better highways than any government could...
Water for Life. The data the scientists brought back to Dr. Strong proved worth the trouble. Inscribed on a thin strip of wax paper were spectroscopic readings of the light from Venus. They showed that when the sun's light passes through Venus' atmosphere, certain infra-red lines are partially absorbed, providing dramatic evidence that Venus' cloudy atmosphere contains water vapor...
...steel companies went letters and brochures to each employee setting forth the industry's "final" offer (it can still make another), which was actually made fortnight ago (TIME, Nov. 30). Dave McDonald called it "a propaganda offer aimed at confusing the Steelworkers," and the union's official paper, Steel Labor, warned workers against bosses who go "out of their way for a pleasant 'Good morning, Joe,' " and "cheery letters from corporation presidents, no less...