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Word: styrofoam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sputnik Choo-Choo. A space-age toy electric train with an airborne satellite was introduced by Kusan-Auburn Inc. As the train starts, a white ball of styrofoam rises on a steady stream of air from a car with a twin-turbine compressor, floats along one foot above the train until it stops. Other gimmicks: a revolving radar screen, searchlight, laboratory car, four extra satellites. Cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Mar. 17, 1958 | 3/17/1958 | See Source »

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