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The unseen traffic cop is a radar meter. Of several brands the most commonly used is a 40-lb. aluminum-sheathed box with two sets of antennas and a price tag of $1,100.* It fits snugly into the rear of a prowl car. As a speeding car approaches, the...
Dacron in hose is valuable as protection against the holes created by the many brands of loafers which are again popular this year. The most practical shoe, however, is still the plain-toed cordovan. Contrary to common belief, cordovan is not a brand name, but refers to any shoe constructed...
In short, instead of scaring customers away from competing brands, the tobacco companies seemed to be scaring them away from tobacco altogether. Editorialized the Raleigh News & Observer: "It still seems a little odd that those who most emphasize the possible bad effects of cigarettes on people are the cigarette manufacturers...
* Some of the currently most popular brands of holy corn: Crying in the Chapel, With These Hands, This Too Shall Pass Away, I Believe, God Bless Us All.
DISTILLERS, who once bottled only their premium brands in decanters, are stampeding to get their lower-priced whiskies into decanters in time for the holiday trade. Schenley, first to bottle a blended whisky in decanters, has already had a 400% pickup in fall sales to wholesalers. But other distillers are...