Word: patent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When his peanuts are gone. . . . Ok, won't that be joyful, joyful, joyful, Oh, that will be joyful, when his peanuts are gone. There were many variations on the same theme, e.g.: When his John Wanamaker's endurable, reversible, sit-on-'em and mash 'em, patent restorable, operatic plug hats are gone...
...patent-medicine ads unless approved by the station's medical advisory committee...
...Washington's Rock Creek Cemetery, generally called Grief. Adams was buried next to his wife, at the foot of the statue. Characteristically, he was much annoyed when people asked what Saint-Gaudens' seated, hooded figure symbolized. "Every magazine writer wants to label it as some American patent medicine for popular consumption - Grief, Despair, Pear's Soap or Macy's Men's Suits Made to Measure. [It is] meant to ask a question, not to give an answer; and the man who answers will be damned to eternity like the men who answered the Sphinx...
...worried about competition from the new Ford tractor, which will also have a hydraulic control mechanism. Said Kyes with a hard grin: "I recall that we have a number of patents." Old Henry Ford was never frightened by the threat of patent suits. Whether young Henry is remains to be seen...
...Tedium. He invents mainly because he loathes tedious labor. A Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Berlin, he invented his way around Europe (selling the patent rights to support himself), finally decided in 1935 to settle in the U.S. because "per unit of energy expended, the returns here are the greatest." But he has not succumbed to America's clock-punching bustle. He eats breakfast late, often does not get to his office till 5 p.m., often quits work at 6, always drinks a bottle of burgundy with dinner to drive out any traces of tedium...