Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this is fiscal proof of a weather change in the $2.4 billion-a-year air-conditioning industry, whose major producers include Trane, York, Fedders, Worthington and Westinghouse as well as Carrier. No longer is it a business that seems important only in July and August. Syracuse-based Carrier, biggest company in the business, is flourishing year-round-and so are most of its competitors. Already in the cold first quarter of 1965, said Bynum, his company's new orders are up 22%, and profits, which were $11 million last year...
...good to see that the auto industry is at last making seat belts standard equipment for both front and rear passengers [Feb. 19]. After years of seeking solid statistical proof of their value, I have found it: of 34 persons killed on the New Jersey Turnpike last year, not one was wearing a seat belt. There is something else the automakers should do: place the ignition switch and the emergency brake near the middle of the dashboard, so that a front-seat passenger can reach them in case the driver is incapacitated. GILBERT CANT New York City...
...cuckolded by, of all people, Connor. The disintegration of Lock Thompson evokes less pity or terror than tedium. Though Author Wetmore has a palate for sour-mash dialogue, he puts into a quart bottle what in John O'Hara's hands might have been a high-proof short snort...
Those who manage to wade through the extravagant language of the first page of this news column (and through a proof reading job that would make even a CRIMSON subscribe gag), will find a section headlined "Harvard and the FBI." "Most colleges," the writer declares, "find it sufficient to help Gestapo-like organizations behind the scenes...discreetly turning over rosters of student organizations, evaluations of students by their teachers, or even psychological information concerning a particular malcontent. Harvard, as the most noble institution of the country, doesn't stop there...
...psychological adjustment also creates problems. As one ex-member of the team put it. "These four day week-ends are a real problem. On Wednesday you're in Lamont, wondering "Is the ontological proof of God's existence valid?" and Friday morning at eight o'clock you're at the top of a mountain wondering "How can I get down this mountain in less than a minute without breaking my neck...