Word: rubberizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...looks about twenty-five, and is mild-mannered enough to bring home to Mother. His apartment on Sparks St. is not arty, just a little crowded. Books and records are stacked around the room and on the mantelpiece stands bric-a-brac suggestive of his work: a rubber "dead hand" (I Hold Your Hand in Mine), a skeleton, a model of the "World Tree" in which he has stuck a dustmop, and a flowery piece of crockery labeled "Opium" (The Old Dope Peddler). He has a much pleasanter voice than his record would suggest...
Layette. In West Union, Ohio, Bachelor Carey Young Jr., 32, was arrested for breaking into a store, stealing 36 diapers, five bed pads, eight pairs of rubber pants...
Born in Staffordshire, England, the son of the owner of England's first rubber-heel factory, Lieberson started his career by studying classical music after the family moved to the U.S., went to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. He composed everything from a symphony to pieces for a string quartet before deciding that a composer-at least of his caliber-"could not make a living in the U.S." He took a $50-a-week job with Columbia just a few months after CBS bought it. Later, as Director of Masterworks, Lieberson almost single-handed built up Columbia...
...Waist-High Culture, by Thomas Griffith. A look at the fatty tissues that give U.S. culture a rubber tire...
Perfect Patcher. A rubber paste that sets in a few hours to long-lasting pliant rubber was put on the market by Devcon Corp. Uses: to calk or waterproof boats, insulate wires, or patch holes in shoe soles. Price: 98? for a 4-oz. tube...