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Your article quoting Gov. Collins-"Florida stands on three sturdy legs. Tourism. Industry. Agriculture"-brings to mind a conversation with a Florida taxi driver. He said, "Florida has three assets. Oranges. Alligators. Tourists. And by gosh, we skin 'em...
...production is already being cut, and output will probably drop to 7,000,000 units, 1,000,000 less than in 1954. Says a Portland, Ore. Ford dealer: "We're giving July discounts in the first five weeks. What are we going to do next summer? Sell 'em at cost...
...Roll 'Em." The announcement stage had been set carefully. On the dance floor of the Boulevard Room in Chicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel, workmen had put together the setting of a business office. There was a mahogany desk equipped with an "in" box, a telephone and a lectern, with an American flag at one side and a plain grey curtain in the background concealing the nightclub decor. Gathered in the room, on the appointed day, were some 100 reporters and a few politicians...
...contained no ice) from an aide. He looked uncertainly at Radio-TV Executive Leonard Reinsch, who was directing the show, and asked how much time he had. Director Reinsch told him to take all the time he wanted, checked with the cameramen, and then sang out: "Roll 'em...
...going to win. You learn to save ground, to steal it; if an opening pops up on the rail, you learn to drop in there quick. A lot of tired old horses run on the bull rings, but you learn you can win on 'em if you can get 'em to duck in or out at the right moment. Another thing: the stewards are not so strict. You can ride the way you want to, pretty much...