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...Slip & Saran Wrap. In 45 minutes, Ethel was hard. "When they tried to get me out of the cast, I wasn't coming out too well," she recalls. "They tipped me over." Her buttons were imbedded in the plaster, so Segal had to snip her out in her slip. As for the boots, they were hopelessly stuck and remained behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: The Casting of Ethel Scull | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

...didn't want to finish," she admits, "but then I didn't want to be a bad sport." So she let Segal smear her face and place Saran Wrap over her Kenneth coiffure, which preserved for history its general silhouette, if not the actual hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: The Casting of Ethel Scull | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

...still more delicate sealing-off operation, Tufts University's Dr. Bertram Selverstone opens the skull of a patient who has an aneurysm on a brain artery. To seal or prevent a rupture, he sprays the artery with a plastic mixture which gives it a dry, thin coating like Saran wrap. Then Dr. Selverstone sprays on a second coat, using a new, quick-setting epoxy resin. The double coat has the desired toughness. And more than 100 patients are living with blowout patches in their brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surgery: The Age of Alloplasty | 1/1/1965 | See Source »

...James Saran, Army's fine discus thrower of last year has graduated, leaving that event open to a Crimson sweep. Graduation has also hurt the Cadets in the 440-yard...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: Trackmen to Oppose Army In Years Roughest Match | 4/11/1964 | See Source »

California's Mattel, Inc., the biggest toy company, will use more than 150,000 Ibs. of Saran filament for the hair of its bestselling and well-dressed Barbie Doll, another 5,000,000 midget phonograph records and needles-for its talking toys, as well as huge quantities of plastic, zinc and steel for its new line of bikes, tricycles and trucks; the line will have a battery-driven device called the VRROOM, which emits a roar like a motorcycle and is intended to catch every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Visions of Dollars Dance in Their Heads | 3/20/1964 | See Source »

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