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Undismayed, Booster Smith announced plans for a communications empire that would include newspapers, a weekly newsmagazine, a TV and radio chain, make Crowell-Collier "the biggest, richest and most influential publishing house in America." Last month, after announcing that Crowell-Collier was acquiring seven TV and radio stations, Smith was unable to raise the cash...
...million, on the belief that the U.S public will switch to color television. To 500 station owners and executives affiliated with NBC and thus involved-not all of them happily-in its color plunge, Sarnoff insisted that black-and-white TV is slack ing off and color is "the booster charge for our fourth decade." With the kind of optimism that helped his immigrant father become one of the great U.S. success stories, Bobby Sarnoff professed to see a pleasant sight. "At our 60th anniversary convention," he said, "I expect to be talking about television signals which span the globe...
...lake--called Lake Memphramagog, or "Beautiful Waters" in Abenaki Indian--runs from Newport, Vt. north 32 miles through Georgeville to Magog, Que. It probably provides the main booster to the village economy, during the fishing season, when most of Hartford, Albany, and New York itself seem to invade with their dollars, low-slung cars, and fancy spinning reels. But these gents have long since retired to their Budwieser and television, leaving the village in an indolent euphoria which, every winter, seems to convince the 100 permanent inhabitants that the country life, even considering all the rigours of Quebec snow...
...Aerobee-Hi is not strictly a single-stage rocket. It is tossed into the air by a solid-fuel booster that burns for a few seconds. The booster does not contribute much altitude. One of the earlier Aerobee-Hi's failed because the main rocket did not ignite. The booster alone raised it only...
...less than 500,000 to over 2,000,000 between 1915 and 1923 with the inspirational magic of success stories. In its time, American was the first to run Kipling's If and Edna Ferber's short stories, ranged in contributors from Skeptic H. L. Mencken to Booster Bruce Barton. When Editor Sumner Blossom took over in 1929, he announced, "Horatio Alger doesn't work here any more," and American turned itself into a family magazine. It went on thriving for years...