Word: pound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...producers has been experimenting with the metal for three years. P. & W. agreed to use titanium in the J57 engines for the B-52 (TIME, Aug. 4). The Pentagon hopes such moves will multiply the uses of titanium in a hurry, thus spur production and chop its cost per pound...
...lobster is placed in cold water, which is then brought to a boil, the doctor suggested, it will cooperatively lose consciousness at between 80° and 90° F. Better yet, it can be anesthetized by immersion in a solution made by mixing a pound of table salt in two quarts of cold water. After one minute in this heady brew, it passes out cold, stays groggy for from three to five minutes, and can be boiled with no "visible signs of discomfort...
...Civil List for the reign of Elizabeth II last week recommended an increase of $182,000 a year over George VI's allowance of $1,148,000. Even so, Elizabeth II* will be getting much less than her great-grandfather, Edward VII, did back in 1901 when the pound was worth three times as much...
...York invasion was margarine's biggest victory since 1950, when Congress repealed its 10?-per-lb. discriminatory tax on yellow margarine. Since then, margarine-makers and embattled housewives, who saw no reason why they should have to spend 15 minutes kneading the coloring into a pound of margarine, have persuaded the legislatures of 41 states to legalize sales of yellow margarine...
...paint which, when put on such things as machine tools, changes color with the heat. Applied in varicolored bands, the paints register heat levels. The paint can be put on almost any surface, is particularly useful where ordinary heat gauges cannot be installed. Price: $30 a pound...