Word: modell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...casually lights a book of matches with a hand-held laser, "it might even be used as a pilot light for kitchen stoves." To prove that his predictions are not as far-out as they seem, Schawlow has built and will soon market a laser eraser, a model of which he has already attached to his own typewriter. When he makes a mistake, Schawlow merely presses a button. Zap! The laser completely vaporizes dark (and thus light-absorbing) typed words or individual letters, leaving the paper unscarred and with no rubbing to be brushed away...
...Study a simplified model of the complex switching systems that make almost instantaneous coast-to-coast phone calls possible...
...Ford slumped during the first ten days of June but rebounded during the second, bringing overall sales for the first half 7.2% ahead of last year. Leading the way was the intermediate Fairlane, with an 87.5% jump in sales, half captured by the new Torino model. The Lincoln-Mercury division also had a winner in the Montego, whose sales are 67% ahead of last year...
...still leads in vol ume, and the 2,070,270 units sold between Jan. 1 and June 20 were only 200,000 behind the frenetic pace of 1965. Buick (up 21.3% over 1967) and Oldsmobile (up 14.4%) were the biggest gainers. At the Chevrolet division, the Chevy II, a model that falls somewhere between the compact and the intermediate, had sales of nearly 90,000 units, up 45% from last year. Pontiac sales (up 7.3%) are once again being led by the intermediate Tempest...
Simple Joys. Beauty pageants are one of the few surefire hits in TV programming. Last year such hey-look-me-overs as Miss USA, Miss Universe and a newer entry called Model of the Year ranked among the 20 highest-rated specials for the entire season. For men, the appeal is the simple joys of girl watching; for women, it is the Cinderella mystique. "There's a kind of primitive fascination in watching all the flesh parade around," explains one network executive. "Besides, everybody likes the feeling of ordinary, nonfamous people suddenly being catapulted into wealth and good fortune...