Word: wood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Leaps & Loops. When it comes to the men, "those European judges aren't going to know who to look hard at," says Gary Visconti, 22, the defending champion at Philadelphia. First, Visconti himself was bumped into second place by Tim Wood, 19, a fellow Detroiter who barely made the U.S. national team last year. For this year's competition, Wood dropped out of school, spent seven hours a day practicing the compulsory "school figures" (loops, brackets, circle eights) that account for 60% of the score. So precise were his blade marks that he led the field when...
...Marvellettes advertised Beech-wood 4-5789; Wilson Pickett's number...
...says Jolin, who keeps a man busy roving back-country roads through central Wisconsin. Pine and hemlock are best, he has found, because the pitch between the growth rings lets them weather more beautifully. But if the barn is less than 50 years old, the wood is usually insufficiently weathered; if it is more than 100 years old, the wood is often too brittle. "Out of 30 barns, you find only five good ones," says Jolin, who reckons wastage caused by cracking and splitting on even a fine barn...
...decided that barn siding and beams were just what was needed to give a colonial look to half a dozen new Sheraton motels in New England. At first, Janinski found that farmers were anxious to be rid of the rundown structures, and he was able to buy the wood for the cost of pulling down the barn ($200 to $400). "But the farmer gets sophisticated pretty fast in New Hampshire and Vermont," says Janinski, "and today the weathered timber costs up to three times as much as new lumber...
...Abitibi Corp. recently brought out a hardboard paneling called "Barnboard," and, says an executive, "it's one of our biggest sellers. We're moving 3,000,000 ft. per month." Armstrong Cork has just put on the market its "Sturbridge paneling," made of compressed wood fibers, which is embossed by molds made from antique barn siding and is practically indistinguishable from the real thing...