Word: rubberizing
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...Belgrade, a furniture company was saved from bankruptcy when fire destroyed its antiquated- but well insured- plant. In the town of Pirot, a money-losing rubber factory, also insured, went up in flames. In Bosnia, a meat-packing plant mysteriously burned down...
...cities as Seattle, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Washington- all of which are planning to build new subways- to help them finance technical studies. 80-m.p.h. Bursts. Most heartening example of what a modern subway system can look like and accomplish is Montreal's new Metro. With its quiet, rubber-wheeled cars and elegant, uncluttered stations, it is, except for a lingering problem with the air conditioning, a positive pleasure. One year old this week, it has proved so popular that passenger traffic is running 50% higher than expected; the Metro has even generated an extra midday rush as executives...
...come to overhaul its antiquated and uncomfortable system, New York City's Transit Authority recently announced a $5,800,000, six-station renovation program. It has also begun experimenting with air-conditioned, sound-proofed cars with fiber glass molded seats and hopes to cut down noise by laying rubber cushioning between the tracks and roadbed and by replacing short sections of track with longer, welded ones...
...supplies or equipment for Viet Nam; the Government last week appealed to the U.A.W. to allow some urgently needed Ford truck parts to be crated and shipped off to the war. The consumer is also likely to suffer, judging from settlements so far. When a strike of 54,000 rubber workers ended with a 5% pay increase, the five big rubber companies affected quickly passed on the cost to customers...
Quasi-religious LSD lyrics are replacing the generalities about sensual love which formed the core of popular music until after the Beatles' Rubber Soul...