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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...jobs. Ted Thackrey became boss of the paper and president of the publishing corporation. Dolly Thackrey's 154-word statement explained only that her original purpose-starting "a militant liberal" newspaper in New York City-"has been fulfilled." The Post Home News's circulation (350,000) was bigger than when she took over, and the newspaper (then losing $100,000 a year) was now reportedly breaking even. Friends suspected that there were other reasons: that Dorothy Thackrey somehow felt that the Post Home News had failed to gain real national influence; that she was tired and bored with...
...weeks ago, looked healthier again. In 1949's first two full weeks, department-store sales in big cities were generally from i to 30% better than the 1948 period. And since many prices had been slashed to move sluggish stocks, these figures did not reflect a still bigger increase in unit volume...
With no more adventure ahead, it would be a dull world for physicists. But Dr. Gamow voices a small hope that they need not give up to boredom. Perhaps, he speculates, bigger & better telescopes "will show us sights that will cause a complete turnover of present ideas concerning the universe." Or perhaps electrons and protons will turn out to be not "elementary particles" but small, intricate worlds jam-packed with new and fascinating problems...
CHEVROLET had been radically changed in a big bid to stay out front in the lowest-price field. Lower and bigger, the Chevvy has larger windows, curving windshield, and new front-axle springing to make riding and steering easier. Also, for better riding, the rear seat has been moved ahead of the axle; for better visibility, the defroster keeps the entire windshield clear. Seats are wider, 60 inches in front and 58⅜ inches in the rear. Both the Fleetline (with the torpedo back) and the Styleline (with the square "bustle back") have Chevvy's 90 h.p. valve...
...Witness Coyle pointed out that G.M.'s prices had not been out of line, that there had also been "profits for the customer." He asked the Senators to step outside. There, he had parked a 1929 Buick and a 1948 Chevrolet. The Chevvy, faster, more powerful and a bigger & better car, actually sold for fewer dollars than the Buick...