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...Beach Casino-where 40 guests enjoyed mounds of orchids ($15 each), 60 lbs. of ice-encased caviar and a $1,000 display of fireworks-Horace presented his platinum-blonde friend with a $4,290 gold bracelet (her collection of gewgaws from Dodge already includes a $3,000 gold cigarette lighter and a $74,290 diamond ring). Said Dodge, who is still waiting for a final divorce decree from wife No. 4: "I do hope to marry [Gregg] some day." Purred Gregg: "Friendship...
...size, the hull is as sleek as a shark to help her outrun submarines. Fore & aft, her plates, instead of being riveted together in overlaps, like the Queens', are welded end to end, making the hull lighter, smoother and faster. Much of her superstructure is made of aluminum to cut down weight and lessen the ship's roll. In her compact white engine rooms (two separate rooms to lessen the danger from torpedoes in time of war), oil-fired boilers supply high-pressure steam to power the turbines that drive four giant propellers. These generate enough power...
...cared for. She took Holy Communion each day, but when she was absorbed in painting she would forgo Mass for a month at a time. Her style changed drastically: while her early canvases were built up from thin, fluid paint, she now changed to thick paint, made her colors lighter and lighter...
Basement Saucers. He could not, of course, put several miles of atmosphere into a Cambridge basement, so he did the next best thing: he poured three inches of benzene into a straight-sided glass container. Over this he poured acetone, which is lighter. The two water-white liquids mixed only slightly, simulating an atmospheric inversion with the lighter warm...
...whisky market is now glutted: warehouses hold 900 million gals. of whisky, 80% more than ten years ago. Reason: many customers are buying less, or shifting to lighter drinks, because of stiff federal taxes on spirits, boosted last year from $9 a gal. to $10.50. At retail the price is still higher because venders add their normal markup (average 22%) to the tax itself* While the Big Four distillers (Schenley, National, Seagram's and Hiram Walker) insist that they will maintain prices, smaller distillers have already begun to cut prices of straight whiskies. Sample: United Distillers has slashed...