Word: rubberizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...situation, according to Malaya's Lieut. General Sir Geoffrey Bourne, is "potentially nasty." The British are sending paratroop reinforcements to the rubber-rich colony, and last month decided to equip three Malayan airfields for jetbomber use. The Australians are training 1,200 infantrymen for jungle war, and last week the senior generals of both Australia and New Zealand inspected Malaya...
...funny line, though no gift whatever for hewing to it. Writing amiable nonsense, he can doubtless be pardoned for never sufficiently thickening his plot; his sin is how sadly he waters his prattle. He permits far too much second-rate-and secondhand-jesting; he should trade in his rubber stamp for a pruning knife. But The Grand Prize merits the classic praise the curate gave his egg: parts of it are very good...
SYNTHETIC RUBBER SALE of 24 out of 27 World War II plants has given back to the Government 96.6% of the total net cost of the program. In all, 15 big U.S. rubber, oil and chemical companies will pay $310 million, almost the full current value that independent appraisers put on the plants, and more than twice as much as the worth on Government books (which subtract normal yearly depreciation...
...renounce belief in a church the way one believes in God, and to renounce this definitely." In his drab boardinghouse in Albi,* he gets about 25 letters a day; he has been forced to buy a rubber stamp to acknowledge them...
...Journal advocated the wearing of foam rubber shoulder pads quilted and padded sweaters, shin guards, and plastic instead of leather cleats. However, "protective clothing much as worn by American footballers hardly seems justified," it added...