Word: eyeglass
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the fourth morning breaks sunny and warm in the harbor of Nassau, it is a relaxed group that piles into the tender to be taken ashore. Herb, 40, a pudgy and amiable eyeglass distributor from Philadelphia, heads hand in hand with Beverly, 25, an industrial designer from Boston, for a day at Paradise Beach. Hannah, 52, a veteran of three singles weeks in the Catskills, has resignedly fallen in with a group of lady cribbage players from Westchester, and is on her way with them for a day of shopping. Tom, 27, a salesman from Cincinnati, has teamed with...
...went. Yielding to Common Market cries about a raw deal on a number of items totaling $50 million in annual trade, the U.S. further trimmed its rates on semifinished aluminum products, tomato paste, small tobacco items and eyeglass frames, got lower tariffs for U.S.-made TV tubes in return. The Danes' dander rose over the tariff on live beef, which is an important Danish export. In retaliation, Danish negotiators tacked "reservations" onto their commitment to cut passenger-car tariffs 50%, will likely stand fast on a token 20% reduction...
...clip can be used as a cuff link, as a substitute for a lost eyeglass screw, or as a short-timer's chain (remove one per day till discharge...
...rich-quick operators swarmed into the field, advertising directly to eyeglass wearers through the lay press and classified telephone directories. Appealing to feminine vanity and masculine athletic aspirations, they claimed that famous actresses and sports champions were wearing them. In an uphill fight to crack down on these fringe operators, the Federal Trade Commission found most of these claims untrue. Also untrue: claims of "continual comfortable wear," "wear them up to six months without removing," "never irritating," "unbreakable," "cannot damage the eye," "provide better vision than other eyeglasses," "protect the eyes in all active sports." The FTC has forced several...