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...retailer, but they give the housewife so much pleasure that she is willing to pay for it. First there is the sticky-tongued fun of pasting them in books and watching the books accumulate. Then there is the happy trip to the trading center with its shining array of treasures that seem to be free. And then the glow of self-congratulation at shrewd and prudent shopping...
...lower instruments as much as 10,000 ft. into abandoned oil wells. At this depth they are sheltered from surface noise and are five to ten times more sensitive to earth waves from bomb tests or earthquakes. Another promising system is to spread out many instruments in cross-shaped array on the surface of the earth. When their readings are compared to eliminate the effects of noise, traces of earth waves be come much clearer...
...Array of Power. As a candidate, Nelson Rockefeller has at his fingertips an array of power and talent that few politicians in the land can boast. His personal fortune is estimated at between $100 million and $200 million (it would, wags say, make Jack Kennedy the poor man's candidate in any race with Rockefeller...
Amsterdam last week was decorated with a million tulips, a billion gaily colored lights, and the most lavish array of royalty that Europe has seen since the coronation of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. To celebrate Queen Juliana's 53rd birthday and 25th wedding anniversary, five other reigning monarchs and a pride of princes trooped to The Netherlands. In a three-day round of banquets, balls and royal rubbernecking that left even the doughty Dutch amazed at their red-blooded stamina, the bluebloods seemed less of an anachronism-and considerably more attractive-than café society...
...company in space. Outside the company, too, there is confidence in Thomson-Houston's future. In a recent survey, 50 French stock market analysts were asked to name the company whose stock they thought had the best chance of rising in 1962. Free to choose from the entire array of French and foreign industry, 13 of the analysts picked Thomson-Houston...