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...salesman carrying his sample case arrived at the gift shop of a Roman Catholic shrine and demonstrated "the hottest item this year": a picture of Jesus in a small plastic frame. By slightly moving the picture, the salesman explained, the bearded face of Jesus could be transformed into the beardless face of Our Lady. When the manager of the shop ordered some small plastic statues instead, the salesman wrote in his book: "6 dozen Him, 6 dozen...
...announced: "I'm interested in toys for a six-year-old boy and a four-year girl-and I'd like them to be very American." For half an hour she examined and tested a procession of toys before settling for a steam shovel ($5), a plastic tea set ($3), a baking set ($5), a chocolate-drink mixer ($5) and a collection of plastic bricks ($5). Except for her clipped accent and a certain bedlamic stir that trailed after her, the lady might have been any ordinary grandmother on a shopping spree in New York. She was Britain...
While he talked, the plastic spinach dish went around the table once. The milk pitcher was filled and emptied and the waiter started calling for the dishes. He perched a coffee pot on the table edge as the hall began clearing...
Still not satisfied, the Farnborough men constructed a large model of a Comet's cabin in transparent plastic. They filled it with model seats and model passengers. They pumped it full of air at 8¼ lbs. Then they deliberately fractured the skin near the direction-finder window and took a motion picture of what happened...
...doodle their fondest dreams on paper, even though there is no chance of their coming true. With the practical dreamers, engineers work side by side to make sure their ideas can be translated into production. To spot any engineering problems, the quarter-size clay models are fitted with movable plastic engines, gearboxes, seats...