Word: stain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dilworth recognized the voice. It belonged to the lady on the serving line who always tried for his tie with her ladle of gravy. So far, he had successfully fended her off, but she was becoming alarmingly accurate of late. Once, she had even managed to stain the fire dragon on his Japanese vest...
...method of waiting for an obvious malignancy to appear. Then Dr. George Papanicolaou of Cornell University Medical College devised his revolutionary method of early detection: smearing body secretions on glass slides for microscopic study of cells. In thousands of doctors' offices, the now standard Papanicolaou technique is to stain cells with polychrome dyes. Seen in the visible spectrum of light, the dyes readily emphasize the structure of malignant cells...
Vinyl Steel. U.S. Steel announced a vinyl-coated sheet steel intended to compete with stainless steel, anodized aluminum, porcelain-enameled steel, etc. in many furniture, appliance and automobile interior uses. The scratch-and stain-resistant vinyl coating withstands up to 30% stretching without separating, makes possible many new shaping operations. Price (on 24-gauge steel...
...remaining two hours of Juno are generally undistinguished, except for a refreshing lack of the sleaziness and greasiness which still stain most musicals. The major trouble is book trouble: Joseph Stein's script, with its long scenes of aimless small talk taken largely intact from the play, is a monument to misguided fidelity. Mr. Stein has already been chewed out by O'Casey's admirers for associating himself with a huge job of lily-gilding. It seems to me, on the contrary, that what Juno needs is fewer drab, limp petals, and more bright fresh gilt...
...Finest Day. Still haunted by the dubious legality of his World War II Free French movement, De Gaulle was determined that this time nothing should stain the legitimacy of his power. (If the rebellious generals seized Paris by force, he told a subordinate, "they will not find De Gaulle in their baggage.") But to achieve power legitimately, he needed parliamentary approval, above all, that of the Socialist Party. Accordingly, when Socialist Guy Mollet flew down to Colombey to see whether he could support De Gaulle with a clear conscience, the general smothered all his longtime contempt for party politics, turned...