Word: sweden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cinema has largely been achieved by movies from abroad, by an array of vigorous and original creators who live and work in every quarter of the globe. At the heart of the new movement is a hardy little band of inspired pioneers: Japan's Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon); Sweden's Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries); France's Alain Resnais (Hiroshima, Man Amour) and Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows); Italy's Federico Fellini (La Dolce Vita), Michelangelo Antonioni (L'Avventura) and Luchino Visconti (Rocco and His Brothers); England's Tony Richardson (Look Back in Anger); Poland...
...battle of the blades is raging among major U.S. razor manufacturers, all of whom have introduced a long-lasting but costly stainless steel product. No matter which razor gets the edge, the steelmakers of Sweden stand to benefit, for they supply the stainless steel used in 90% of the blades...
Cornering the market for the new blade steel is typical of Sweden, which has become a steel power even though its output-3,600,000 tons last year-is barely 1% of the world total. The Cartier of steel, Sweden has a reputation for quality that keeps its steelmakers expanding and operating at full blast, while U.S. and European mills are short of orders in a ruthlessly competitive market...
...Rust. Sweden's predominance stems chiefly from its high-purity native ore and its postwar development of the KALDO process, which rivals Austria's vaunted L-D process as the most important new "oxygen" method of making steel. By lacing jets of oxygen into rotating, electrically heated furnaces, KALDO produces steel of exceptionally high and uniform quality...
...result, the U.S. has dropped from tenth to eleventh place in the roster of nations as measured by baby care. In 1950, the U.S. was in sixth place. Heading the roll now are The Netherlands and Sweden, tied with 153 deaths per 10,000 births. Next come Norway, Finland, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It was Ireland that nudged the U.S. out of the top ten last year, by moving up from 13th place. To some slight extent, the U.S. infant-death rate reflects modern medicine's ability to maintain pregnancies and deliver babies...