Word: plasticism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thousands of Rabbits. Based on 3M's past performance, the new plastic should do well. Since 1902, 3M has pioneered a line of some 25,000 separate items, from sandpaper to its famed Scotch tape, and grown into an empire of 30 plants stretching from the U.S. to Germany and Brazil. This year sales will jump to $228 million, up $8.000,000 from 1953; earnings are expected to hit a record $2.80 a share, and the value of its shares has increased 5.804% since...
...Paul's Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., they like to describe their business as "pulling rabbits out of a bottomless hat." To 3M the bottomless hat is its research department, and last week the company pulled out a promising new rabbit. The rabbit: "Scotchply." a tough, laminated plastic sheet, sinewed with tiny glass threads, that 3M thinks is better than steel because of its strength-weight ratio...
...noted plastic surgeon of the Medical School is treating Captain W. Peter Carey, pilot of the Northeast Airliner that crashed Tuesday in New Hampshire, just as he treated him 26 years ago after an automobile accident...
Varaztad H. Kazanjian, professor of plastic surgery, emeritus, operated on Carey in Baker Memorial Hospital in Boston yesterday morning. Carey suffered fractured nasal bones and extensive lacerations on his face, but was reported in good condition last night...
Kazanjian received a special citation in 1952 from the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons for his "outstanding contributions" to the advancement of its practice. He has also received several other awards, including three citations signed by Winston Churchill...