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Prince Igor Troubetskoy, husband of ailing Millionairess Barbara button, announced that he would be a contestant in the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race next Memorial Day. Did Barbara approve? "Of course not," said the prince, "but she respects the freedom of the individual...
Skinner places his pigeons in a small closed box with a button in one wall. The birds must peck at this button at least once every five minutes to be paid off with food. The eager but ignorant pigcon, however, not knowing he will get the same reward with less exertion, will hammer away rapidly for great lengths of time to get his dinner...
...when I want to sell a hot one show the receipt . . . Dogs love the smell and taste of cinnamon . . . Scotch Tape stuck on a pane of frosted glass enables one to see through, but not out . . . use bulb in toilet bowl to hide diamonds . . . Leave phony overcoat button at scene...
...education; William L. Curwen '50, international activities; William D. Mulhelland. Jr. '50 and Richard M. Sandler '52, extra curricular activities: Unverferth and Albert B. Carter, Jr. '50 student welfare; Chase N. Peterson '53, freshman affairs; William S. Tyson '51, class affair; Henry M.Silveira Jr.'51, personnel; Richard T. Button '52, public relations; and Charles R. Brynteson '50, council constitution survey...
...Gamble, listened to a passage from the 45th psalm (". . . all thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they made thee glad . . .") and coined the label "Ivory Soap." In 1890, Kodak launched one of the first relentlessly successful slogans: "You press the button-we do the rest." As other manufacturers ventured into advertising's strange new land, a blaze of new slogans followed: "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous," "Pink Pills for Pale People," "Do You Wear Pants?" Slogans temporarily gave way to jingles, alarming forerunners of the singing commercial. Illustrations...