Word: papered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...used to make a portrait of the ocean floor. The record that served as a model was actually made on July 15, 1958 and shows part of the profile of the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean some 70 miles northeast of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Behind the graph paper is a yellow Nansen Bottle, used by oceanographers to take water samples, temperatures, and other deep-water measurements. The sailing ship is the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's pioneer research vessel, the Atlantis...
...tropical wilderness of new Guinea, a jungle newspaper distributor was recently asked by the management of the South Pacific Post (circ. 4,218 twice weekly) if the 50 copies he was getting were enough. "Thank you," he replied politely, "but I sell only ten to people who read the paper and 40 to people who smoke it." So much in demand is the Post for its roll-your-own qualities that back copies sell for 7? a lb., and the paper can claim title as the world's most widely smoked publication. It can also claim a first-class...
Since some 70% of the country's 55,000 dry cleaners have switched to plastic bags, the industry is geared to turn out the thin, transparent film coverings, and does not want to switch back to paper. What worries many of the 35 producers of plastic bags is that laws will be passed banning the use of the bags. New York City now requires that warning labels be placed on plastic bags, and other restrictive legislation is pending in various states...
Despite the deaths (most have been infants who smothered on plastic bags misused as crib mattress covers), cleaners across the country report that consumers overwhelmingly prefer plastic to paper for covering shirts and suits. After the 27 members of the Knoxville, Tenn. Laundry and Dry Cleaners Association agreed publicly to discontinue plastic bags and shelve $100,000 worth of bag-processing equipment, they found that customers (by a 50-to-1 margin) demanded the bags...
What the plastics industry is after is a porous bag that 1) will not cling to the face, 2) will not generate static electricity. Some manufacturers have turned to making combination plastic and paper bags, while other key producers, such as National Distillers' Kordite Corp., are returning to the heavier, more expensive plastic they first used to make bags three years ago. They believe that heavier-gauge bags are less dangerous because they do not cling to the skin as readily. In the search for a safer product. Technical Tape Corp., New Rochelle, N.Y., a major producer of plastic...