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...went the Atlanta Journal's Reporter John Keasler; he was out to test the hoarding instinct of housewives. In his bag he had seven pepper grinders and at each door he solemnly told housewives that "ground black pepper will be scarce" and they better buy a grinder and grind their own. In six hours, Reporter Keasler sold his grinders and this week in the Journal he gleefully told how housewives 1) will buy anything if they think it's a bargain, and 2) pay no attention to what salesmen...
...movies, radio dramas have always depended on music to get listeners from one mood or scene into another, fast. In the trade, such six-or eight-bar snatches of music are called cues or "bridges." Some radio stations use canned movie-type music; others employ would-be Wagners to grind out poor-man's leitmotives according to script...
...swim "as fast as I can." Her father, a retired San Diego policeman, and Trainer Henry Gunter agreed. They had watched her win the 2½-mile race at La Jolla, Calif, ten times in 18 years; they thought she had the power and stamina for the Channel grind...
...festive and hungry for thrills, began gathering outside Indianapolis Speedway at dawn. By race time, some 150,000 had crammed their way into the stands and infield to watch 33 underslung, overpowered little cars roar around the 2½-mile brick and asphalt track in the annual 500-mile grind...
Slowly the brakes of the U.S. Government's standard model deflationary program (for export only) began to grind and squeal. By April, skyrocketing retail prices began to descend. Currency in circulation dropped from a 75 billion won high in January to a May 19 figure of 57.7 billion. Government departments and government-run factories trimmed down to economy size to fit the new budget...