Word: plastically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...except that, he conceded, a word or two about the London première of his zany travelogue Around the World in 80 Days might "sneak into the newspapers.'' At London's vast, varicolored Battersea Pleasure Gardens, Todd's flunkeys dealt out some 2,000 plastic raincoats he had bought ("The goddamn rain flowed like champagne," the great man growled), while Aly Khan and his great and good friend, French Model Bettina, cavorted on the carousel, U.S. Ambassador Jock Whitney sloshed into a mud puddle, and Sir Hartley Shawcross, onetime British attorney general, navigated a rumba...
Tearproof Paper. A super-tough paper made of plastic-coated nylon will soon be produced in the U.S. by Snia Viscosa, Italy's biggest synthetic fiber maker. Called Papertex, the new plastic paper is guaranteed tearproof, flame-resistant, and impervious to insect or water damage, can be folded and unfolded thousands of times without cracking. Already tested for such diverse products as maps, photographic paper, lightweight handbags and raincoats, Papertex will be made in the U.S. on a large-scale commercial basis by a new company formed by Snia Viscosa called Resinova, in conjunction with General Aniline & Film Corp...
...inconvenient object for them to study. It is too big to be observed from one or a few places. Its surface is covered with rapidly moving fluids. Its atmosphere swirls with big and little storms. Its oceans are stirred by currents. Its solid crust shakes like jelly, and its plastic interior probably flows slowly in largely unknown ways. Influence? from the sun and beyond the sun affect the passive earth. Cosmic rays from the depths of space beat upon it, and meteors plunge like fireflies into its atmosphere. Its magnetic field fluctuates slightly; so does its gravitation. Scientists are sure...
Press-On Nail Polish. Plastic strips to be used in place of nail polish were put on the market by Harrison Laboratories of New York City. The strips come in ten shades and various shapes, are pasted on and trimmed with an emery board. Price: $1.10 for four sets...
With new materials and manufacturing methods, the boats themselves are inexpensive to own and operate. Some 20% of all boats are currently made of tough new plastic materials such as Fiberglas, which can be molded into any shape, impregnated with a dazzling array of colors. Today's inboard and outboard runabouts are as flashy as any Detroit automaker's creation with upswept tail fins, wrap-around windshields, foam-rubber bucket seats, airplane-type controls-and they come at bargain prices. With mass-production assembly lines, do-it-yourself boat kits, and half-finished boats that the buyer completes...