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...fascinating to read all about how those brilliant designers in Detroit design doors that go "thunk." Detroit has engineered other important sounds into my late-model car. There is an impressive "budda-deh-buddedeh" in my rear axle. There is a scintillating "chatcheteh-chatch-eteh" coming from a rear shock absorber, a soothing "toketah, toketah" from my radio antennae and a "tssshhhzbbbd" from my radio. And I may well have the only door that closes with a "puh-lox-ette-kuh." I have been assured by the service manager that, "dats duh way der bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 17, 1969 | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

...interesting to note that where the funeral costs are higher, i.e., in the South, collection failures ar eteh lowest. Where the charges average the least, as in Oklahoma, Arkansas, north Texas, the collection failures are greatest. Evidently, the desire for more extravagant funerals demonstrates the willingness of bereaved families to pay for what they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1931 | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

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