Word: rubberized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...royal between the Marine Commandos' motorcycle team and that movie prop of the century, James Bond's well-armed Aston Martin DB5. The Bondmobile, piloted by a U.S. racing driver, cornered so closely that it fluttered the bunting in front of the box seats and left tire rubber all over the arena-which was also littered with cartridge shells from the mock...
...nation's consumption. Nearly half goes for irrigation, another 40% for industry. It takes 770 gallons of water to refine a barrel of petroleum, up to 65,000 gallons to turn out a ton of steel, 600,000 gallons to make a ton of synthetic rubber...
...convertible into Monsanto stock-a form of financing that is familiar in the U.S. but a rarity abroad. Through another new subsidiary, American Cyanamid recently marketed $20 million worth of debentures in Europe. Gulf Oil floated a $25 million bond issue, Socony Mobil a $28 million issue, and U.S. Rubber a $14 million issue-all in Europe...
...Britain, where American business has spent $4.8 billion, U.S. companies make 55% of the vacuum cleaners, 34% of the tires, control half of the country's 40,000 filling stations. American companies have spent $2.5 billion in France, account for 70% of its sewing machines, 40% of its rubber, 35% of its farm machinery. In West Germany, U.S. firms have invested $2.3 billion, control 40% of the auto industry, 50% of the oil refineries, 80% of the computer market...
Working with natural essences or synthetic replacements, industrial perfumers have also solved the problem of charcoal briquettes that don't smell like hickory and finished furs that don't smell like mink. Without help, shoes nowadays smell more like adhesives, rubber soles and dye than leather; many manufacturers have taken to deodorizing footwear, then spraying on a compound that smells the way shoes are supposed to smell...