Word: rubberizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dimpled, true-flying, rubber-centered golf ball of today, though, is a recent phenomenon. For the over 400 years since James I of England took up the game, skilled individual manufacturers made an oval or oblate golf ball known as the feathery, which required painstaking labor...
Gerald Ford, after his heartbreaking defeat, will probably retire to private life. re-emerging at rubber-chicken campaign banquets and on Old Timers' Night at future national conventions (see box). But even though he will probably not run again for public office (he will be 67 in 1980), his surprising showing this November will enhance his stature as a party spokesman and senior adviser. Ronald Reagan will play a similar, if perhaps lesser role. He will be 69 in 1980-which may be too old to try again-but he will retain great influence, particularly through his weekly columns...
Died. William J. Sparks, 71, co-inventor of butyl rubber and the holder of 145 patents; after a long illness; in Coral Gables, Fla. Joining the Standard Oil Co. (now Exxon) in 1936 as a research chemist, he soon helped develop the synthetic rubber so vital to Allied forces during World War II. Sparks often expressed his concern that young scientists be taught an obligation to society. Said he: "Science without purpose is an art without responsibility...
...over his bathtub falls in and electrocutes him. "He died for the 6:30 news, Lord. For the sins of the 6:30 news," wails Mary's friend Loretta Haggers, who happened to be out of the room at the crucial moment, hunting for the reverend's rubber duck. Meanwhile, Loretta's oversexed husband Charlie-shot in the groin in a tussle with Jimmy Joe's dad, Merle Jeeter-prepares stoically for television's first testicle transplant. As for good ole Merle, he becomes a "born-again" politician. Also tripping into view will...
...excessively steep, compared with other 1976 contract settlements. In a year that began with experts' predictions of relative calm on the labor front, several major strikes have ended with bonanzas for workers: the Teamsters won a flat 34% wage-and-benefits increase over three years, while the rubber workers got nearly 40%. The Ford strike-which had negligible impact on the economy-could have turned out a lot worse than...