Word: tend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seems that Bruce uses a special silicone lubricant on his records which he figures cuts record wear by about 75%. This gunk has the happy advantage of not gumming up the needle (as most record cleaners do). Although the records are somewhat sticky to handle and dust might tend to cling to the slightly tack surfaces if the discs were allowed to lie around, Bruce finds this method the best available for insuring practically infinite record life...
...houses the Madame Club, where the new industrial upper crust can taste the delights of Lebensraum at the top. From its front courtyard, part of a neo-Renaissance palace built by the old nobility, to the comely blondes from Berlin who tend bar, the club exudes an easy opulence that suggests a Bavarian version of Rome and la dolce vita...
...Texans keep alive, says Bainbridge, is the cheapness of life. More people are killed in Texas traffic accidents than in any other state except California, which has about 40% higher population. Perhaps, Bainbridge suggests, it's all the result of the old pioneer spirit. "Texans behind the wheel tend to excel by far all other Americans in aggressiveness, perhaps in this respect outclassing even the Germans. Courtesy can be expected on the splendid Texas highway system only from the lily-livered...
...wives, the transition from Levi's to Lanvins has been joltingly sudden. "There I was working in the oilfields," said Mrs. Bruno Graf of Dallas, "and the next thing I knew I was going all through Europe with all my diamonds and my personal maid." The oilionairesses tend to take their recreation in groups. Mrs. James Abercrombie of Houston and four of her friends call themselves "The Flying Five" and periodically take off in one of her husband's planes (with pilot and copilot) for a sightseeing jaunt in the Caribbean or somewhere. Mrs. Ralph Fair...
Actually, two types of vaccines against measles have been developed so far. Dr. Enders's laboratory has worked on the production of a vaccine using live, attenuated viruses, because live viruses tend to give a more lasting immunity than dead ones. Work is also being done, however, with a vaccine containing dead viruses...