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...generic word for a generic product, "nylon" looks like a permanent addition to the language. Most manufacturers prefer to trade-mark their courage. Paradox is that Du Pont (and Webster's) still capitalize Cellophane, a far more generic word to the man-in-the-street...
...Webster came upon Noah quite unexpectedly and found him daudling the maid upon his knee...
Said Mrs. Webster, "Really, Mr. Webster, I am surprised...
Said he, "Mrs. Webster, how often must I correct you? You are astonished. I am surprised...
When Huey Long was assassinated in 1935, Governor Richard Webster Leche (now under a Federal indictment for fraud) took over the paper. When Leche resigned last summer, Governor Earl Kemp Long, Huey's brother, bought American Progress for $188,000. Last week Earl Long too was out of office, twice beaten at the polls (TIME, March 4), his political machine a shambles...