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...give rosaries in all shapes and sizes-from an "ecclesiastically approved recording rosary permanently encased in plastic" and designed to clip onto the gearshift lever of one's car, to a "pearl and silver finished rosary" with "a special clasp that converts it into a most attractive double-strand necklace...
...other industries are discovering even tougher tasks for the versatile isotopes to perform. Tiremakers long sought a way to control the amount of rubber that goes onto each strand of tire cord. Recently, Industrial Nucleonics Corp. of Columbus, Ohio, one of the top sellers of isotope measuring equipment (1956 sales: $5,000,000), developed a foolproof method. As the tire cord goes through the rubberizing machine, it passes between a capsule of strontium 90 and a radiation counter. If the thickness varies, the detector's reading changes, automatically sets off machinery to adjust the rubber flow. Today...
...last of the three plays, On Baile's Strand, is a heroic tragedy based on a legend about Cuchulain, a sort of Irish Achilles. The legend fragment which the play dramatizes depicts warrior-king Cuchulain reluctantly submitting to the rule of the more civilized High King Conchubar, only to be forced into a battle in which he kills...
...Baile's Strand is a romantic, youthful work conceived in grandiose terms. To be properly staged, it requires an elaborate set and a large cast. The Poets' Theatre has neither at its disposal, and even the excellent direction of Edward Thommen cannot keep the production from appearing cramped. Sitll, the play offers many rewarding moments. William Driver, who is clearly trained in the delivery of verse, makes a properly tragic Cuchulain, and William Cavness is a fine Cunchubar. Liam Clancy and Michael Linenthal once more distinguish themselves as, respectively, a Fool and a blind man. In this play, as well...
Bottles & Stones. A race between rivermen had more meaning when Mr. Doggett first donated his trophies. The Thames was London's main thoroughfare; some 40,000 wherries navigated its surface as modern taxicabs navigate the Strand. Theaters in particular relied on watermen to bring their audiences, and Doggett, an Irish comedian, had a very practical affection for the hard-working rowers. London sportsmen soon developed just as practical an affection for the race...