Word: stainless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rocket-plane built by North American Aviation, Inc. is the second approach. It will probably make its first flight to the edge of space in less than a year. Made of stainless steel to resist heat, it is a stubby-winged airplane only 50 ft. long, weighing about 33,000 Ibs. when fully fueled. Its single rocket engine has 60,000 Ibs. of thrust and is capable of lifting it off the ground like a ballistic missile...
Tsubame, a town of rickety houses and muddy streets, produces nearly all of Japan's stainless-steel flatware-and sends 80% to the U.S. This good fortune is due to U.S. businessmen; they put Tsubame back to work after World War II, when its shabby flatware industry was nearly defunct. The first few small orders from occupation forces for stainless-steel flatware helped keep its 15,000 people alive. Then in 1949, some U.S. cutlery companies saw in Tsubame a wonderful opportunity. The U.S. companies wanted low-priced stainless steelware to undercut the high-quality product that Europeans...
...winning success, the Japanese also created a new household market for U.S. makers, whose cheaper ware previously went mainly to restaurants and institutions. U.S. silverware makers themselves soon turned to stainless steel. They, too, were quite successful. All told, U.S. makers boosted their sales from 10.8 million dozen pieces in 1953 to 14.4 million in 1956, and new jobs were created. But because the sales of U.S. makers did not rise as fast as imports, which in 1956 captured about one-third of the total U.S. market, the U.S. companies began complaining about imports...
Resting on steel piles that extend 85 ft. through mud and clay to bedrock underlying the Loop, Inland's main building rises 19 stories, with thin, stainless steel mullions retaining the 10-ft.-tall green-tinted glass windows. Joined to it is the windowless service core, towering 80 ft. above the main structure, and sheathed in small panels of dull stainless steel. Architecturally, it is as striking as the building it serves. Unlike its street-crowding neighbors, the Inland structure is set back far enough to provide a small plaza...
...enhance the lobby, Inland commissioned Richard Lippold (TIME, July 30, 1956) to design a is-ft.-tall construction of stainless steel rods, which is suspended in a delicate network of wires of gold, stainless steel and fire-red enamel. It is set against a block of polished black Belgian marble, and rests in a reflecting pool of water. For the 19th-floor executive suite, U.S. Sculptor Seymour Lipton, winner of the Jockey Club's top acquisition prize at the Sao Paulo Bienal, hammered out a heroic, 7-ft.-tall Hero. There are more than 30 paintings, including a green...