Word: presto
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...paternal gaze on the television cameras and intoned: "Both sides of the negotiating parties in the airlines strike are here with me to report that they have now reached agreement on the terms of a settlement." Lyndon had done it again: he had squeezed elbows, waved the flag and presto, solved yet another labor deadlock. Thanks to the old Johnson magic, the strike of 35,400 members of the International Association of Machinists against five major U.S. airlines was about to end after 22 costly, frustrating days...
...DOUBLE IMAGE, by Helen Maclnnes. Another well-mannered and innocent hero, another band of dastardly international spies, and-presto!-Master Spy-writer Maclnnes produces another of her literate and first-rate suspense tales...
That's exactly what the Elis did on Saturday in New Haven. Their coach, Phil Moriarty, merely dipped into his homless supply of talented reserves, shuffled his lineup, and presto--the Elis took 9 of 11 events...
...handle one of Time Inc.'s newest processes. In the Photo Department-where type is set on film and assembled into pages with wax as an adhesive-the photocomposition men poured the warm wax into coffee tins and cups and then implanted pieces of string for wicks. Presto: candles! What will those men of advanced technology think of next...
Anything electric can be plugged into Sonuswitch. All one has to do to turn it on or off is to clap his hands twice, quickly and sharply. The claps trigger the switch-and presto! Or a dog whistle, provided with the $40 switch, can be blown twice. For Sonuswitch is trained to respond only to 14-kilocycle signals that occur twice in the space of half a second. A constant signal will not do it, and the company, which is primarily an acoustical research and development firm, claims that few stray sounds will accidentally trigger...