Word: injector
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Straus's undoing was the ballpoint pen. He entered the market too late with a bad product. Eversharp lost $3.4 million in 1947; its stock fell from 25⅞ to 10¼. In November 1946, Straus had bought control of the Schick injector razor, looking for a cushion against hard times. He got a cushion all right (the razor division helped Eversharp show a $1.2 million profit last year), but there was a big pin in it. The pin was R. Howard Webster. To get the razor company, Straus had to take Webster, a big Schick stockholder, into Eversharp...
Morgan's break with his sponsors (Eversharp Schick Injector Razors) was no great surprise-except to his circle of adoring fans. Since Henry returned to the air from summer vacation, his Hooperating has dipped to a sickly 7.8, and his scripts have lacked their oldtime bounce. Worse still, the sponsor has complained of not selling as many razor blades...
...clinic's bright, white beds and wrinkled his nose at the strange odor of Lysol. Suddenly his eyes widened slightly. Bearing down on him, with a hypodermic in one hand and an alcohol swab in the other, was a blonde American girl. "Caramba" he muttered, "Me va a injector la hueral" The girl smiled politely, swiftly completed her job, then turned to a sobbing little Indian boy. "No tengas miedo" she promised. Then she pulled down his pants, gave him an injection in the backside and hurried on to another patient...
First variety show reported to be menaced by priorities was Duffy's Tavern, sponsored by Schick Injector Razor (CBS, Thurs. 8:30 p.m. E.S.T.). Others could be better spared. Since it started last March, Duffy's Tavern has made a name for itself as one of the best-balanced, most original screwball shows on the air. Archie, the head barkeep at Duffy's, has been so eloquently played by Astoria-born Ed Gardner that many a male listener has caught himself with imaginary elbows...