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...dogs are tenderly bathed once a day in little bathtubs. Then they are dried in an automatic drier that looks like a washing machine. Their blood counts are taken daily, and any signs of distress are noted. If they get radiation sickness, however, no attempt is made to cure them...
...staggering. They open up a whole new field to aggressive advertising. For a certain consideration to the MTA, streetcar motormen could be instructed to stop each passenger as he pays his fare, sieze him by the lapels, and chant: "THROW AWAY YOUR DISH TOWELS! The Crossly Automatic Dishwasher-Drier Washes and Dries faster then any other Dishwasher," or some such maxim...
...meet deliveries on the sales that he was sure would come in, Sayre put $1,000,000 into new plant layout and equipment. He also looked over the line of Norge products, decided to add a new no-volt, $149.95 automatic drier, $20 to $40 below the prices of most competitors...
Less welcome will be another effect: as the cold recedes the southerly regions will turn increasingly warm. Dr. Frederiksen believes that the gradual shift of climate will make the southern part of the U.S. hotter and drier than it is now. Farmers will have to pump more water on their fields, and in many places water may be less plentiful...
...drought area varied from year to year because of local weather conditions. In parts of Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and Illinois, for instance, rainfall has been far below normal, yet still far above that of the Southwest. But in the five most affected states (see map), the earth has grown drier every year. Parts of Texas, between the Red River and the weakly trickling Rio Grande, has gotten less than 10% of normal rainfall for four years; southwestern Oklahoma has gotten little more, and areas of Colorado, Kansas, Arizona and New Mexico have suffered dangerous drought. In all of them last...