Ajax (cleaning product) a memorable scene where a woman snorts Ajax after mistaking it for cocaine (it had been inadvertently spilled onto a mirror by the character played by Tommy Chong), suffering prolonged agonies as a result. It is featured in Carrie Underwood's song, "Dirty Laundry". Ajax (cleaning product) Ajax is a brand of cleaning products of Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive introduced Ajax powdered cleanser in 1947 and was one of the company's first major brands. The cleanser ingredients include sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sodium carbonate, and quartz. The Ajax name was extended to a line of household cleaning products and detergents which enjoyed its greatest success
Greek battleship Salamis Periklis Argyropoulos, the Minister of Marine, wanted to accept the offer, pointing to a study by the General Staff that demonstrated that a modernized "Salamis" would be capable of defeating "Yavuz" owing to the heavier armor and more powerful main battery of the Greek ship. The British naval architect Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt issued a study in support of Argyropoulos, pointing out that "Salamis" would likely also be faster than "Yavuz" and would have a stronger anti-aircraft battery. Commander Andreas Kolialexis opposed acquiring "Salamis", and he wrote a memorandum in mid-1929 to Venizelos, who was again the Prime Minister, where he