Word: silk
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...English zoologist and author (Menagerie Manor), is aghast at such man-dog relationships. Says he, "I can't stand these fubsy people who tell you, 'Oh, my dog talks.' This is anthropomorphism gone mad. I can't stand this business of people keeping Pekingese on silk cushions and feeding them creme of chicken...
...THIS WAS clearly a show people expected to have fun at; the night I went, half the house was composed of members of the Victorian Society of Boston, some of whom were decked out in capes and purple silk cravats and false moustaches. The orchestra played "God Save the King" before the curtain went up--an affectation, but a high-spirited one. Even an uncolorful production can't frustrate an audience of Gilbert and Sullivan-ophiles intent on enjoying themselves. But such a production does limit the real fun to those who can compensate for its limitation with their memories...
Next morning Emperor Hirohito came to the palace to welcome Ford officially. Both wore formal dress, though the President's striped trousers were cut so short that they showed an unseemly inch of black silk stocking. Almost 30 years ago, Ford was an officer aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the mid-Pacific when Hirohito ordered Japan's surrender. A military band played the two countries' national anthems, then, in a touch of unintentional irony, serenaded Ford with the University of Michigan fight song, The Victors. Hirohito took Ford to the moated Imperial Palace to meet Empress...
...secret of Westinghouse's magic pane lies in the relatively recent union of chemistry and electronics called thin-film technology. Using a masking technique somewhat like that used by artists in the silk-screen process, scientists can create thousands of tiny electronic components-transistors, capacitors, resistors, etc.-on a single flat surface called a "chip." Linked together in so-called integrated circuits, enough of these microscopic components can be included on a chip no larger than a postage stamp, and perform all the electronic functions of. say, a stereo amplifier, a hearing aid or even a pocket calculator...
...leaned back and folded her arms under Baby Watson's silk-screened chin. "You'll be hearing from Baby Watson!" she told...