Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Solution. The Labor M.P.s, who heckled Butler's report from the floor of the House of Commons last week, made it plain that while Labor could criticize, it had little to contribute to a solution. Its standard formula-a return to rationing -would cut spending, but it would also mean that Britons would have to return to the well-remembered austerity they detest...
GIANT MILK BOTTLES, first introduced on a large scale several years ago, are overtaking tbe standard one-quart size in U.S. homes. So far in 1955, says the Glass Container Mfrs. Institute, dairymen are selling 20% of all fluid milk in either two-quart or one-gallon bottles...
...Safety Car Locks. Studebaker's 1956 models will be equipped with a new safety device, first in the industry, which is designed to keep doors closed in accidents, prevent riders from being thrown out of the car. In an accident, the standard locks often disengage and the doors fly open. When the new Studebaker door is closed, a lip projecting from the door automatically interlocks with a lip from the post. The safety lock is operated by the door handle. In a test last week, a dummy-carrying Studebaker equipped with the new locks drove into a concrete barrier...
...Very, Very Popular (20th Century-Fox) is a standard recipe whose one surprise ingredient is sauce, supplied by Broadway Kootch-Dancer Sheree (Hazel Flagg) North. The film was written, produced and directed by Nunnally (How to Marry a Millionaire) Johnson, which practically guarantees that it is fast, light and pleasantly funny...
...spin on the Washington merry-go-around. Author Alfred (Raising a Riot) Toombs's hot-weather farce hilariously ribs and roams the nation's capital, from cocktail binges to congressional investigations. The underlying moral, if there is one, is that the national sense of humor is a standard of sanity to which all Americans may profitably repair...