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  2. Love Story (1970 film) - Wikipedia

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    Love Story is a 1970 American romantic drama film written by Erich Segal, who was also the author of the best-selling 1970 eponymous novel. It was produced by Howard G. Minsky , [ 4 ] and directed by Arthur Hiller , starring Ali MacGraw , Ryan O'Neal , John Marley , Ray Milland and Tommy Lee Jones in his film debut.

  3. Stocking - Wikipedia

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    A precursor of pantyhose made an appearance in the 1940s and 1950s, when film and theater productions had stockings sewn to the briefs of actresses and dancers, according to actress-singer-dancer Ann Miller [6] and seen in popular films such as Daddy Long Legs. Today, stockings are commonly made using knitted wool, silk, cotton or nylon (see ...

  4. Impossible Object - Wikipedia

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    Impossible Object (French: L'Impossible Objet), also known as Story of a Love Story, is a 1973 romantic drama film starring Alan Bates and Dominique Sanda. It was directed by John Frankenheimer with a screenplay by Nicholas Mosley based on his own novel. It was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main ...

  5. Webbing - Wikipedia

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    It may be made of hemp, cotton or linen, but also synthetic fibers such as nylon, polypropylene or polyester. Webbing is also made from exceptionally high-strength material, such as Dyneema, and Kevlar. Webbing is both light and strong, with breaking strengths readily available in excess of 10,000 pounds-force (44 kilonewtons). [1]

  6. Love Story (1973 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Love Story is an American drama anthology television series focused on stories of romance. It aired from October 3, 1973, to January 2, 1974, on NBC. [1] [2]Love Story was the second American television series of the name, the first having been the DuMont Television Network ' s anthology series Love Story, which aired in 1954.

  7. Monofilament fishing line - Wikipedia

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    DuPont made public in 1938 that their company had invented nylon. [1] This new invention was the first synthetic fiber, fabrics that are commonly used in textiles today. [2] In 1939, DuPont began marketing nylon monofilament fishing lines; however, braided Dacron lines remained the most used and popular fishing line for the next two decades, as early monofilament line was very stiff or "wiry ...

  8. Silly String - Wikipedia

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    Silly String is made of a mixture of components dispersed throughout a liquid solvent in the product’s aerosol can. These substances include a polymer resin that provides the string’s structure, a plasticizer to tune the physical properties of the string, and a surfactant that promotes foaming of the product.

  9. Velcro Companies - Wikipedia

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    Initially made of cotton, which proved impractical, [8] the fastener was eventually constructed with nylon and polyester. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] De Mestral gave the name Velcro , [ 2 ] [ 4 ] a portmanteau of the French words velours ('velvet') and crochet ('hook'), [ 2 ] [ 5 ] to his invention, as well as to the Swiss company he founded; Velcro SA.