Word: roof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...life of the stage was more interesting than cracking oil. Housed in an old warehouse, the Mummers have set some sort of record by being solvent from the start, especially since they produce Edward Albee and Samuel Beckett as well as surer things like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which closed a successful run last week. "A successful resident theater," says the Ford Foundation, "appears to be dependent upon a single driving, talented director or producer determined to have his own theater company and to have it in a particular place." Ford recently gave Seism...
Accidental Inspiration. Detroit's most different auto was presented last week by General Motors, which so far has announced no plans for its own sports car. In the first major station-wagon styling change in twelve years, G.M. introduced new Buick and Oldsmobile models with novel roof lines that look as if the wagon had been crossbred with a Greyhound Scenicruiser. G.M. engineers raised the rear two-thirds of the wagon roof by four inches, installed long narrow windows in the front and on the sides...
...axle and still leave headroom because it uses low slung leaf springs. But all G.M. autos use space-consuming coil springs on the rear axle and, to make things even more difficult, G.M. insisted on a fully upholstered rear seat. To provide the necessary headroom, Buick tried raising the roof, but that made the car appear top heavy. The next step was to raise the roof over only the second and third seats. This was better, but still not quite right. Then, inspiration! How about glassing in part of the raised roof section for a lighter and airier effect? Thus...
...roof fell in on the Crimson wrestling team again last night...
...main gate and began hurling "Thunder Flashes"-noisy firecrackers used in training to simulate mass attack. Douglas shouted in Swahili for the 800 mutineers to surrender. When they refused, the commandos slammed a 3.5-in. bazooka rocket through the barracks, blasting out windows and peeling back most of the roof. Three Riflemen were killed and 20 wounded, while 400 were captured. The rest, many in pajamas or underwear, headed for the bush. Julius Nyerere was back in power however tentatively. But his country would never be the same again...