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...Made chromium the 15th material under full industry-wide control...
...Under "a mild form" of inventory control were 15 other metals: antimony, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, ferrous alloys, iridium, iron & steel products, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nonferrous alloys, tin, vanadium. Users of these must file statements monthly that they are not increasing their inventories...
...between the two." They are presented, in their mutual oppositions, with considerable psychological skill. It all converges, in the long run, on sex for each. Elyot, a scholar, a "raker of dust, a rattler of bones," winds up in bed with an art-gallery Jewess as hard & cold as chromium. Eden, a sultry semi-Marxist, follows an abortion with a hot, sterile series of affairs, finds what she needs in a calm carpenter who dies for Loyalist Spain. As for their red-haired mother, Mrs. Standish, Nature "had her tiresome, if inevitable...
...approaches "tear-dropping" in some cars. But many car buyers will look twice to make sure they are not at last year's show. Most radiator grilles, hoods, fenders and tops are little changed. Externally, the biggest change is a superabundance of "gingerbread." The new cars glitter with chromium, nickel, even golden bronze...
...Hoffman, onetime crack West Coast salesman but president since 1935, made his bid for the low-priced field in 1939 with the completely new Champion. Clicking, it boosted Studebaker sales from 53,000 (1938) to 114,000 in 1939. Principal change in the appearance of the '41 Studebaker: chromium-bordered band of contrasting color around the body. Priced from $690 to $1,225, the line includes a new body type, "Land Cruiser...