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Tempting people to acquire appliances before the old ones wheeze out, the industry is busy adding new-or at least newish-models. After noting that 75% of the 7,000,000 black-and-white TV sets sold this year will be inexpensive portables, RCA last week brought out a new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merchandising: Two in Every Home | 2/28/1964 | See Source »

More Cell Space? Last week in Juneau, the Alaska legislature was considering whether to take the U.S. Government up on its bargain-basement offer. The trouble is, Alaskans cannot agree on what they would do with POW if they owned it. Some want to make it the new state capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska: The Elegant White Elephant | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

But no shadows could dampen the new mood of optimism about Curtis' future. At a press conference after the stockholders' meeting, Banker Semenenko hinted at Curtis plans to expand into book publishing, television broadcasting, and perhaps in other directions. "It will be advantageous," he said, "for Curtis to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Optimism at Curtis | 12/20/1963 | See Source »

But casting a child adrift in New York's schools, perhaps to find excellence and perhaps only to acquire a Bronx accent, is not to the taste of most white parents affluent enough to afford any alternative. New York is losing four students to the suburbs for every one...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Civilizing the Blackboard Jungle | 11/15/1963 | See Source »

In fact, the Quincy House referendum has, by implication, clarified the proper domain of House Committee action. House cards are sold to acquire revenue for house activities. By appropriating money for political purposes, a House committee risks a boycott on House cards. Students will not volunteer money which a House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Perdew Contributions | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

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