Word: use
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Governor James ("Kissin' Jim") Folsom while airborne seemed more like a barefoot boy with cheek. When he goes sailing off into the wild blue in his Cessna 180, Big Jim disclosed, he travels with feet au naturel. Reason: in his size 16 shoes, he cannot use the rudder pedals without stomping on the brakes as well. More interesting was another Deep South tidbit: although unlicensed, Student Pilot Folsom has been soloing on the sly-a violation of CAA rules...
Wait, don't forget dessert! Ice cream soup with apple-pie. Good use for the soup spoon...
...Whether the culture-in-the-kitchen movement would catch on, not even the cool heads at General Motors (France)-who supplied the Frigidaires-cared to predict. Pablo Picasso had an opinion on the subject. Asked to contribute to the show, Picasso had refused. He wouldn't want to use anything but white paint on a refrigerator, he said, "so why bother...
Aside from the engine, G.M. will use another 200 Ibs. of aluminum, thus reducing the overall weight by 16%. Precisely how G.M. will use its aluminum is still secret. But it is no secret that G.M. engineers have long been experimenting with aluminum transmissions, differentials, tie and crossbars, instrument panels, pumps, bumpers, brakes, turn signals...
Bubbly Sand. Foamsil, a rigid, lightweight, acid-resisting sand insulating material that can be used in lieu of firebrick in lining furnace stacks or pipes subject to corrosion was announced by Pittsburgh Corning Corp. Expected to have wide use in the aeronautical field and also in nuclear energy installations (where its nonabsorptive nature keeps it from acting as a wick), Foamsil may also turn up as insulation in home electric appliances. Cost...