Word: razors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...machine that apparently does its work without even touching the material that it slices. The machine has a small circular blade that is spun by an electric motor at 65,000 r.p.m. Its rim, moving faster than sound, forms a cutting edge of compressed air much sharper than a razor. Hard metals can be sliced into films two-millionths of an inch thick. Since the blade does not get dull, Dr. Fullam believes that it never touches the work...
Also at the R.K.O. is an English thriller, The Young Scarface, that gives a rather accurate picture of England's seamy side. It traces the bloody path of a razor wielding cut-throat as he hacks his way from London's slums to Brighton Beach. DAVID C.D. ROGERS
Home Haircut. The International Latex Corp. (Playtex girdles) put on the market the "greatest invention since the safety razor," the Playtex Hair Cutter. The instrument can be used to cut, trim and taper hair at home. Price...
...Connecticut's Merritt Parkway State Police caught up with a new wrinkle in reckless driving: a factory hand shaving with an electric razor while speeding to work...
About four registered electors in five will remember, and vote. The betting in London is a little under 2 to 1 that they will return the Tories to office. The present Labor majority is so razor-thin that a small swing would bring Churchill back. Labor holds 54 seats by fewer than 3,000 votes. No landslide is needed -merely a consistent trickle-to give the Tories a majority of 40 or 50 seats, which they regard as the minimum with which they could work for five years...