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...Putting its spring catalogue in the mails, Sears, Roebuck remarked that some of the substitute materials in its merchandise "have been found to be far superior to the metal they have replaced. . . ." Examples: washing machine agitators, formerly aluminum, are now of Bakelite, vitreous china, enamel or plastic, all impervious to alkalis; a pump unit, formerly of brass and stainless steel, will use corrosion-resisting plastics...
...word to one policy, and sealed it by accepting U.S. aid. He had pledged his loyalty to a chief who had now chosen another policy. General Weygand was, above all, a soldier whose first loyalty was to his chief-whether that chief was the indomitable Foch or the plastic Pétain. Maxime Weygand resigned...
...Because silver compounds (e.g., Argyrol) are potent germicides, a black silver-plastic mixture which can be permanently coated about the rims of drinking glasses and bottles was developed by Physicist Alexander Goetz and Bacteriologist Ralph L. Tracy of Caltech. Within a short while after lip contact, the rather decorative rim completely sterilizes itself...
...Many fabricators would prefer a lightweight metal, if it is as cheap as magnesium promises to be, to any plastic...
...school will be training super-dentists, in that it is preparing men for certain specialized opportunities in the dental field which can now only be filled after a long and hopelessly clumsy program of medical and dental study. Among those listed b Thoma in a recent interview are plastic surgery, oral surgery, teaching, and research...