Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beyond the annoyance of glasses, this kind of 3-D has many faults, some of them incurable. Objects on the screen look solid, all right, but unless a viewer sits in a favorable part of the theater, they are distorted -either flattened or pulled out toward him. A certain amount of eye-strain appears almost inevitable...
...they are famed for the way they hold the road. Each model has such features as self-lubrication (at the press of a foot pedal), independent suspension of all four wheels, handwork on such parts as polished wood dashboards and door frames. Daimler-Benz sticks stubbornly to heavy, solid steel, though many other makers have switched to lighter frames. Says Chief Designer Fritz Nallinger: "Mercedes is built to last...
...fervent complaint of the late King George VI was attended to: the flattened, ironshod wheels of the Royal State Coach were rounded off and fitted with solid rubber tires. After his own coronation day ride in 1937, the King vowed that no heir of his should be subjected to a similar experience...
...long line of Italian textile men, hopped into his Lancia one day in 1949 and headed south through the boot of Italy for a vacation. When night fell, the count stopped at one bug-ridden hotel after another, looking for a place to sleep, but found them all booked solid. Marzotto finally slept in his car, woke up rumpled and resolved. He dashed back to Rome, called on President Einaudi and Premier de Gasperi, and asked: "Do you realize how much good tourist money Italy is losing by not having developed southern tourist trade? Why not build hotels and hotels...
...assistant professor of sculpture at the University of California, O'Hanlon has a solid reputation in the West. He sells his work for up to $2,000, won first prize at the 1950 San Francisco Art Association annual. West Coast critics sing his praises, and now Manhattan's have given him a nod. His gentle little birds may not be great art, but they have the kind of rare, warm originality the average gallerygoer admires and wants to put on his mantelpiece...