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...years of a grass court where the rain never falls and the sun never blinds and the wind never blows. It is more than a dream in Litchfield, Conn., where the Forman School recently unveiled its synthetic solution to the problem-a tennis court surfaced with grass made of vinyl and sheltered by a nylon tent...
Plumbing fixtures, like everything else, are increasingly decked in "decorator colors"-the most popular, predictable pink. Second most popular is light brown. Floors may be vinyl or ceramic tile, walls may be the latest Italian mosaic, but the commonest materials for wash basin, toilet and tub are old-fashioned vitreous china and enameled metals. The w.c. of tradition is one of the last holdouts against the Plastic...
...vinyl age that has produced such a blossoming has as its sole historians Cataloguer William Schwann and his three assistants. The earnest list makers also publish a monthly catalogue of recorded music; most issues contain about 500 new releases, and record buyers feel understandably anachronistic if they own anything older than last month's book. But the nature and scope of the revolution in musical taste are best seen in the Artist Issue, which Schwann first published in 1953 and has put out five times since. It is a revolution of expanded taste as much as refined taste...
...including thermoplastic glues, and into plastics and formaldehyde (of which it is the biggest U.S. producer). It now turns out 800 chemical products and has worldwide chemical sales of $122 million. Last year it joined with U.S. Rubber in building a $25 million Louisiana complex to make acetylene and vinyl chloride monomer from natural...
...bikinis, the Ski Hut is definitely the place to go; already some bikinis as well as conventional suits, are in stock. One big hit is going to be the bikini in black vinyl ($17), fortunately sold with a short black vinyl coat ($21). Vinyl is a new plastic-like fabric which looks wet even without ever getting near the water...