Word: highes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Chase Manhattan Chairman David Rockefeller warned that OPEC's wealth is rising so high that bankers may no longer be able to reinvest it, and he urged that international governmental agencies try to cope with the flood...
Looking for a razor blade that will never dull? Keep on looking. But how about a light bulb that will last for five years? Last week General Electric introduced its "Electronic Halarc" bulb, a miniature version of the high-wattage metal halide lamps used for outdoor lighting, that will burn four times as long as incandescent bulbs on one-third the electricity...
...bulb looks like a double-dip ice cream cone, and the lower part is filled with electronic components; it will screw into standard sockets and will have two settings, a low of 75 watts and a high of 150 watts. The bulb will go on sale in 1981, which will give customers time to save up for it. Price: $10, vs. $1.50 for a conventional three-way bulb. Over its 5,000-hr. life, the company says, each Halarc could save $20 in electricity costs...
...making an inferior quality radial tire which will subject us to belt-edge separation at high mileage...
...Customers returned 17.5% of the tires to dealers, an industry record, although company spokesmen originally said the figure was 7.5%. A Firestone document in 1977 showed that in one year the 500 return rate was as high as 27% and that half of this was probably because of the separations...