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...another vital industry, things looked much brighter than they did only a few short weeks ago. Auto dealers reported that their stocks of new cars were down to 402,000, about 11% below a month ago, and the lowest level in more than a year and a half. Last year at this time a wave of "blitz" selling swept the auto industry as dealers frantically tried to clear out their 1953 stocks. This year no blitz selling has yet appeared. To get ready for the tough competition ahead, Studebaker cut prices on its 1955 models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Boom on Boom | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

...School (class of '25) that he decided to work hard for the first time in his life. But no matter how hard he studied, he was surprised to find that his grades remained mediocre. Allen came to the shocking conclusion that there were "a lot of people brighter than I was, so I made up my mind to work all the harder to make up for it." When he went looking for a job with the Seattle law firm of Donworth, Todd & Higgins, he was so anxious to make good that he offered to work for $50 a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Gamble in the Sky | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

...Things look a lot brighter than when we started training," commented Harvey Love after the crew finished its last intensive trail on Monday night. Love has put Ken Peterson at bow in place of Howie Lewis, Captain Bill Goortsema at three for Dick Higgins, and Howard Cushing at four for Roger Hearne...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strengthened Varsity Crew Will Meet Yale on Saturday | 6/17/1954 | See Source »

...Brighter Smiles. A new toothpaste containing the antibiotic tyrothricin is being test-marketed by Pepsodent. The toothpaste, called Shield, claims to retard tooth decay. Prices: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jun. 14, 1954 | 6/14/1954 | See Source »

...escorted Baldwin to the station next morning, where the old man bought him a thriller "and told me that intellectualism was a sin, and would lead a young man to a fate worse than death." To this day the effort of concealing the fact that he is brighter than most men he meets gives Rab a remote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The New Tory | 4/5/1954 | See Source »

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