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...smokers who want to avoid flameout: a hurricane-proof cigarette lighter that needs no flint or fuel. Powered by a nickel-cadmium battery that never needs replacement, the Gulton lighter uses a glowing filament like a dashboard lighter. It can be recharged (about three packs' worth) by plugging it into any AC wall outlet. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace: New Products for Summer | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

...very ill service." Had Powers been brainwashed? Why had he not fired the charges that would have destroyed his plane? How high was he flying when hit-and what had hit him? Was it, as Khrushchev claimed, a Russian rocket at 68,000 ft.? Or did he have a flameout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cold War: Questions to Be Answered | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

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