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...price of copper slumped from 18? to 8? a pound; U. S. wheat fell from $1.30 to 53? a bushel; cotton from 16? to 6? per Ib.; beef from $9 to $5 per 100 Ib...
...first "pickled" (cleaned with acid), then coated with colorless chemicals (formula undisclosed) and heated. The coated steel turns black, gold, bronze, purple, blue, red or green, and the color becomes an integral part of the surface. The treatment increases the corrosion resistance of 6% chrome steel (16¾? per Ib.) almost to that of high-grade chrome-nickel stainless steel (34? per lb.). Said Iron Age: "The increase in corrosion resistance, in part verified by at least several disinterested laboratories, is astonishing." Last week Mr. Bach declared that use of cheap steel, thus colored and corrosion-proofed would greatly reduce...
...barring some modern novelists), he protests that he has at least a dozen prejudices: He hates musical comedies, trilogies, "female legs in the daily news," simplified spelling, contact as a verb, big books ("as depressing as soggy porridge"). His own big book runs to 986 pages, weighs 2⅝ Ib. Now 74, white-haired, deeply tanned, still vigorous, though saddened by the recent death of his wife, William Lyon Phelps is retired from Yale and Scribner's, contributes a column to the Rotarian, picks an annual list of "best books," writes few book reviews. But his influence...
...Defendant Dr. Humberd claimed that Robert had a pituitary tumor at the base of his brain, which "soured his attitude towards life" and prevented him from coordinating his muscles. He contrasted the stumbling, shuffling manner in which Robert maneuvered his 495 Ib. with the "easy grace" of Jack Earle, who, he said, was normal. He added that Robert had difficulty in swallowing, that his voice was weak and mumbling, that he had no feeling in certain parts of his body...
Nothing slows up a champion like excess weight; nothing eats up gas like a heavy car. The Studebaker Champion has been trained down by smart engineering until it weighs 500 Ib. less than its rivals. Studebaker swears this has brought no structural weakness, no less safety. Most of the weight was saved in the engine and frame assembly, little taken from the body, in order to avoid the charge of being "tinny." Design is conservative-little chromium, headlights in fenders, no running boards. It has gearshift on the steering post, many standard Studebaker features such as hill-holder, rotary door...