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Ähnliche Engpässe hatten die Entwicklung von Glas, Kunststoffen und anderen Materialien verhindert, und das Ergebnis war, daß etliche Erzeugnisse auf Jerome wie Museumstücke wirkten.
Similar constraints had affected the development of glass, plastics and other materials, with the result that many artifacts resembled museum pieces to Jerome’s eyes, devices in which the greater part of the designer’s ingenuity had gone into overcoming his materials’ sheer unsuitability for their purpose.
Die Inneneinrichtung bestand aus Glas, Kunststoff, Chrom und Edelstahl – den Materialien der Technologie, den Materialien von heute –, und die Leute, die hier ihren Schnaps und ihre Gourmetspeisen kauften, gehörten dem Timber Lane Country Club an und brachten ihm den Respekt entgegen, der einem erfolgreichen Geschäftsmann gebührt.
the interior was made entirely of glass, plastic, chrome, stainless steel, the stuff of technology, of now; and the people who bought his booze and gourmet trays belonged to the Timber Lane Country Club and treated him with the respect due a successful businessman.
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