Word: reel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...come in late on. In that way the moviegoer can hear a little amiable shouting by Doris Day and Howard Keel, soak up some pleasant Technicolor, and leave under the illusion that the yammering chaos of the plot is put in order by something he missed in the first reel...
...Self-Propelled Sprinkler. A lawn sprinkler that propels itself over any prearranged course at the rate of 17 feet an hour will soon be marketed by the Reel Sprinkler Co. of Toledo. With the hose laid out in any pattern on the lawn, the Reel Sprinkler (a rotating sprinkler at-'tached to a hose reel on wheels) moves forward under water pressure, winding up the hose as it goes, then shuts off automatically. Price...
Rolled Razor. Warner-Hudnut, Inc. of Manhattan began market-testing a new safety razor containing 32 blades in the form of a 40-in. ribbon of thin steel wound about a reel. As a blade becomes dull it is wound onto another roller and a new one slides into place. Price...
...foreign contestant, France's youngish (25) Gerard Pierre. As he checked his instrument panel, ground crewmen raised his single-wheeled craft's grounded wingtip and clamped a tow cable to its fuselage. Nearly a half-mile downwind, a 115 h.p. winch roared up and began to reel in the long steel cable, slowly at first, finally at a screaming speed...
...sale for civilian use (by railroads, airlines, etc.) by SoundScriber Corp. In use by the Navy for one year, the machine can record two sets of messages simultaneously on the same tape, indicating the exact time each message is received. Price: $1,395 and $29 for each tape reel...