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Word: ince (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...record war between RCA Victor and Columbia Records, Inc., both sides have hotly wooed Decca Records, Inc. as a prospective ally. But Decca, third largest U.S. recordmaker, has played hard to get, shrewdly watching & waiting to see whether RCA's 45 r.p.m. or Columbia's 33⅓ r.p.m. long-playing record would win the battle on retail counters. Last week, convinced that it was getting in on "the biggest possible market," Decca lined up with Columbia. With 15 smaller recorders already making 33⅓ r.p.m. LP records, Decca's decision meant that Columbia had just about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Record Dither | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

...show off its new line of Christmas merchandise, McKesson & Robbins, Inc. last week gave a holiday-style party for Houston druggists. There was eggnog, turkey with all the trimmings, even a Santa Claus (and to help welcome the druggists, three feminine assistants in low-cut gowns). McKesson hopes its customers enjoyed themselves enough to run its Christmas sales in Houston up to a million dollars this year, or double last Christmas' sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Road Back | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

After Cutting's death in a 1935 plane crash, the New Mexican changed hands and politics several times, is now owned by Robert M. MtKinney, cousin of Railroader Robert R. Young (TIME, Feb. 3, 1947), and Southwest Newspapers, Inc. which own three other small papers. But it is run by 42-year-old Editor Harrison, a hardfisted, soft-hearted political reporter who has been a hair shirt for New Mexican politicos for 17 years, political columnist of the New Mexican for five and editor for 17 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The First 100 Years | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

After Cutting's death in a 1935 plane crash, the New Mexican changed hands and politics several times, is now owned by Robert M. MtKinney, cousin of Railroader Robert R. Young (TIME, Feb. 3, 1947), and Southwest Newspapers, Inc. which own three other small papers. But it is run by 42-year-old Editor Harrison, a hardfisted, soft-hearted political reporter who has been a hair shirt for New Mexican politicos for 17 years, political columnist of the New Mexican for five and editor for 17 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The First 100 Years | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

Industrialist Reichhold (Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.) added that it was "a shocking disgrace and all Detroit should be ashamed . . . Apparently if I don't support the musicians singlehanded, Detroiters don't care enough about their orchestra to make a move. I think Detroiters . . . are just sitting back waiting for me to underwrite the symphony by myself for the seventh season. But even if I could, I wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Flat Broke | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

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