Word: stainless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...method of treating lame children. Shy, intense Dr. Blount, 48, was the hit of the convention. So many doctors were jotting down notes that the crowded green and gold grand ballroom of Chicago's Palmer House looked like a classroom. Dr. Blount's method: using stainless steel staples with ¾ inch prongs to retard growth of the longer...
...thought he had the right house. The living room had a big picture window; the fireplace boasted a second opening in the kitchen for indoor barbecues. The kitchen shone with stainless steel cabinets and sink, a new refrigerator and automatic washer...
...Stainless? The Department of Justice announced that 18 makers of stainless steel-roughly the U.S. steel industry- had consented to a decree in an antitrust suit that banned them from fixing prices and "employing other restraints of trade." The steelmen said that, as they had already conformed with most of the provisions, they saw no reason to bring the case to trial...
...tomato salad, the size and scope of operations in the main kitchen are appalling. Entering by the main receiving gate, you are at once confronted by rows of trucks piled high with sides of meat and sacks of potatoes. As you wander through the passageways, you see stainless steel cauldrons 'filled with soup stock; huge insulated cold storage rooms; and massive east-iron ranges sheltered under bulky smoke hoods...
Last week the Du Pont Co. announced that it was making about 100 pounds of metallic titanium a day, and was offering it at $5 a pound for manufacturers to experiment with. The new metal turns out to be wonderful stuff, according to Du Pont. It looks like stainless steel and is about as strong and corrosion-resistant, but weighs only slightly more than half as much. It is several times stronger than aluminum, and less than twice as heavy...