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...people appear interested in statistics, I may say that the Dictaphone used in "writing" this letter was formerly used by Wallace, who told me that he had poured no less than ?80,000-worth of material down its throat. Since I have had it, another ?20,000 has been added to the list-half a million dollars in all. Not a bad record, I think? SYDNEY HORLER...
...helmet stood on the running board, slipped out of his topcoat, stepped quickly over the guard rail, facing inward at the bridge. He glanced upward to the cameraman above him, then down to the water 185 feet below. He choked his breath halfway in his throat and, in the instant, jumped backwards into space...
...Tires now last at least 20,000 mi. instead of the 8,000 mi. they were good for 15 years ago, but more cars and more mileage per car per year have complemented technological improvements. Current competition is relatively peaceful after years of cut-throat warring among the Big Four. Last week, even before the International Rubber Regulation Committee met in London, U. S. tiremen unanimously and harmoniously raised prices 6%, the fourth boost in nine months...
...duty to submit our own judgment to the rulings of the Supreme Court on the Constitution." Immediate effect of the opinion in Manhattan was to end a cat-&-dog price fight in the retail liquor business. Publishers and cosmetic makers at last foresaw the end of cut-throat price competition in the nation's No. 1 buying State.* Second day after the Albany flip-flop mammoth Macy's which traditionally "will not be undersold," announced what the world's biggest department store was going to do about it. Full-page newspaper advertisements screamed: "The Consumer will...
...skating in tournaments to skate in the cinema and last week's winner, heir to Miss Henie's title, was an English girl who may hold it just as long. She was strong-legged Cecilia Colledge, 16-year-old daughter of Dr. Lionel Colledge, socialite London ear & throat specialist. Day after she won the title, with 2,528.9 points to 2,488.1 for her closet rival, England's Megan Taylor, Champion Colledge sailed...