Word: stainless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What was unquestionably new and, in 20th Century terms, indisputably luxurious was the glittering brilliance of stainless steel and mirrors, rich fabrics and fluorescent lighting...
...snake, which also appear in Mexico's flag, dimly inhabited the bright chaos. Struggling up past them into the blue was a pair of lonely human legs. To reflect the sunlight, Orozco had embedded bits of glass into the concrete wall, and added strips of bronze and stainless steel to accent his lines...
...Dutch engineers re-created the old engine with stainless steel and aluminum bronze parts where they would do the most good. They improved the regenerator and increased the pressure of the "working" air to 50 atmospheres (735 Ibs. per square inch) at peak. They tinkered hardly at all with the original idea of the 19th Century Scotsmen. When they got through, they had engines that weigh only 10 to 20 Ibs. per horsepower and are about as efficient as diesels. Their simplicity makes them cheap to maintain, and they burn almost any fuel, from oil to coal or corncobs...
...scene of sentimental horror. When the Okhrana's first chief, Count Alexander Benckendorff, reported to the Czar for instructions, the monarch pulled a white handkerchief from his pocket and said: "Dry the tears of the oppressed. May your conscience and the conscience of your subordinates ever remain as stainless as this linen...
...Louis, the "Gateway to the West," wanted a gate to mark the spot. The citizens offered $125,000 in prizes for the best ideas. Last week the winning design was announced: a stainless steel, streamlined, 590-ft.-high arch to rise beside the Mississippi on a site which was formerly occupied mostly by old warehouses. The arch, with a "funicular elevator and observation corridor," had first reared in the mind of a talented Michigan architect named Eero Saarinen, who, with his father Eliel, is a frequent winner of architectural competitions. His prize this time: $40,000 and a warm recommendation...