Word: stoppers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Municipal Airport at 5:30 one morning last week when the rangy truck driver from Porterville, Calif, set to work. Wearing only a pair of white toreador pants and a pair of suede chukka boots, Dan Lamore, 31, was gaudy enough. But his bow was the real eye stopper: a 54-in. monster made of fiber glass and maple, which required a force of 250 Ibs. to be shot at full power...
...moment of release. When the bomb hit the ground, the shock worked a "trembler switch" that touched off the bomb's main charge. After 14 years, these electric fuses are dead, but what about the clockwork fuses used to back them up? Answer: a magnetic clock-stopper to freeze the mechanism...
...usual the Braves have Warren Spahn, Lew Burdette, Bob Rush, Bob Buhl, and a host of other younger hurlers. It is the best staff in the league, but is Spahn the stopper begins to show the long awaited signs of age, it could slow down considerably. Del Crandall and Stan Lopata make up a strong catching corps. But Schoendienst was the heart of this team; there is no one to take his place...
...chorus, for the first time in my memory, is brilliantly unobtrusive. Their big number, a show stopper called "Don't Say 'No' to Lulu" is a complete success, and would be so even without the delightful gymnastics which Amyn Khan adds. Maureen Needham's choreography generally is satisfactory and sometimes, as in the "Abdication Waltz," eminently successful. The costuming, handled by Theoni Aldredge, is professional and more. The scenery, the province of Webster Lithgow, is economical and very good...
...Sleep Stopper. An ear alarm to keep truck drivers and night watchmen from dozing was put on sale by Wright Airborne Electronics, Kansas City, Mo. Called Driver-Larm, the device contains mercury that rolls about when the head nods, and closes a transistorized circuit sounding a buzz in the wearer's ear. Price...