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Among the business opportunities advertised in the New York Times was a tempting come-on. On the block was a manufacturing business which was "absolute leader in its field. . . . Present production volume largest in history. . . . Because the well-to-do owners are obliged to put their affairs in more liquid condition they will accept a fraction of the real value of the business...
...gold mine for a song? Reynolds, who rode around the world in 79 hours in his "Bombshell" (TIME, April 28), said that he wanted to free himself "to devote more time to aviation research." Lamb had a different reason. If he and Reynolds died now without their assets in liquid form, he explained, their families might have rough going because of inheritance-tax problems. Neither mentioned another possible reason: the tremendous outpouring of underwater pens has just about submerged the market. The Reynolds price has dropped from $12.50 to 69? apiece...
Among kappa families, birth control has been greatly refined and democratized. Just before birth the father calls in a loud voice to his unborn child to see if it wishes to enter the world. If the answer is no, the midwife injects some liquid into the mother's abdomen, which promptly shrinks to normal size...
...made the most jaded U.S. groan-&-grunt promoter blush. But the panting young women were symbols of a national effort. With free elections, polite policemen and Coca-Cola machines, Japanese had sought to ape U.S. ways. Now the ultimate imitation had been achieved-female wrestling on a mat of liquid...
...planned, the Neptune will burn the same fuels as the V2: alcohol and liquid oxygen. It will also carry hydrogen peroxide, which suggests that, like the V2, it will have a steam-driven pump to rush the fuel into the combustion chamber...