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...quite have the cash for one. In the wellappointed bachelor apartment, the stereo rig replaced the traditional etchings as a lure for the nubile. His costly equipment consisted of two speakers, two amplifiers, a special cartridge for his record player, as well as an assortment of optional gear. His stereo library was comprised mainly of trick noises and demonstration records -drum recitals, incoming tides (on the flip side: outgoing tides), the sound of an olive dropping into a martini, an album called Music to Listen By, a Ping-pong game in which the illusion of the moving ball was vivid...
...General Dynamics, Douglas Aircraft and Boeing Co. all rushed into a market that might have supported one or two of them in comfort. As the planemakers faced the problems posed by bruising speeds and complicated electronic gear, original cost estimates of the jets got left way behind. Said one airframe executive last week: "We'd sound like damn fools if we told you what we first thought they would cost." Talk of reaching a break-even point, where costs finally give way to profits, has now faded from the conversation...
...finished products will be hit harder. This includes high-duty products that compete directly with Europe's fastest-growing industries, such as finished chemicals and steel, machinery and electrical equipment, cars and trucks. But there should always be a brisk market for U.S. specialties, ranging from automated gear to wash-and-wear fabrics. In this year's first quarter. Common Market imports of U.S. office accounting and computing machines more than doubled, to $23 million. Says the Chase Manhattan Bank: "Those U.S. exports will fare best that are unique -in performance, design or cost...
...including three air wings to back up its foot sloggers with close tactical support. In addition, the Corps will get another $67 million for hardware, increasing its procurement allowance to $266 million-nearly double the sum allowed in Eisenhower's budget. The Marines will spend heavily for communications gear, ammunition and 106 mm. recoilless rifles, which can be fired in battle from small, maneuverable vehicles...
...plane touched down on the east-west runway at about 130 m.p.h., rolled 1,000 yds., then swerved suddenly to the right. There was a staccato burst of explosions as all four tires on the right landing gear blew out. The big jet skidded wildly across the field for another 300 yds. Then it struck a parked truck and smashed into the unyielding, 30-in.-high concrete shoulder of a jet taxiway still under construction. The tremendous impact ripped loose the engines and landing gear. Orange flames crackled along the plane's left side and swept toward the rear...