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...substantially the Springfield version that the American Shakespeare Theatre is currently offering. Williams has been on hand here during the preparations and has made a few other minor changes. Today four-letter words may be spoken on stage as they could not on the Broadway of 1955; so "frig" has become "fuck" and "ruttin'" has become "fuckin'"--which everyone knew was intended all along...
...repeal of Clause Four, which calls for "common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange." Nationalization had been tried by the Labor Party itself when it was in power and had proved no panacea. In the working man's affluent world of "the telly, the frig and the car," Gaitskell argued, the old slogans had no appeal...
...changing character of labor, full employment, new housing, the new way of living based on the telly, the frig and the car, and the glossy magazines-all these have had an effect on our political strength," said Gaitskell. Labor's response, he said, raising a donnish finger and pursing his lips for emphasis, must not be to repeat past failures-"we have to show them that we are a modern 20th century party." Elderly party leaders on the platform looked stonily out over the unmoved audience...
...Frig Leak. In the old pigboats, many other fumes and gases could be safely disregarded because they were periodically flushed out. Example: leaks of a common refrigerant gas (its identity remains a Navy secret) used in subs for many years. With Nautilus and Seawolf staying below for days and even weeks, the concentration of this gas built up to a point where many crew members had irritation in their respiratory systems; undetected and uncorrected, it would have become a definite health hazard...
Ever since Mr. Kettering moved into his present home he has delighted in filling it with gadgets to make life easier: buttons to open and close windows, eleven Frig-idaires, a cooling system. This became his pet hobby. Had it no Charles Franklin Kettering, GM would probably not be entering the air conditioning field now. He feels many of the developments in the temperate zone have been due to temperature-control in winter and is excited at the thought of what temperature-control in summer may bring about...
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