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Word: iceless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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Senator James Couzens, onetime a partner of Henry Ford, and always a level-headed economist, last December organized a $1,000,000 corporation to manufacture iceless refrigerators. His model was to sell for one-half the present price of such coolers. But the buyer must pay cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: No Instalments | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

Interpreneur Couzens has learned that not enough U. S. householders are yet willing to pay cash for even a standardized iceless refrigerator. They are habituated to the trade custom of instalment payments. So, last week, Mr. Couzens in disgust dissolved his company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: No Instalments | 9/6/1926 | See Source »

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