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...little to bargain with except the hopes he himself had aroused by pledging his troth to Western European Union in London. Now, with all the invitations issued, the guests on hand, the church bells pealing and the altar in sight, he was using that hope as a lever, threatening to balk unless he got his way on just one little matter...
...help motorists stuck in snow and mud, Campbell Chain Co. of York, Pa. has put on sale curved metal lugs that snap easily around tires. The Traction Klips, designed for emergency grip action, are flipped off with a special lever. Price: $5 a pair...
...merely drinking wine did not make a dent in the surplus, Dillon could run wine in its showers, and the Department of Buildings and Grounds could spray the shrubs with rich, red, life-giving fluid. Naturally, late working students would burn the midnight wine, and clever students would lever be devising new means to use up the surplus...
...which recently lost a $5,000,000 Lever Bros, account to NBC (TIME, Feb. 22), has evened things by grabbing two Procter & Gamble shows (value $6,500,000) from...
...LEVER Brothers, which had a management shake-up four years ago, is still in difficulty. Though the privately owned company never discloses operating figures, it admits it wound up 1953 with a big loss (reportedly $5,000,000), while both Procter & Gamble and Colgate's increased profits. Reasons: poor sales, high operating costs, and a 13-week strike at Lever's Hammond, Ind. soap plant...