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Rocket Research scientists are prepared to go even farther to pare down the orbital weight of a MONEX W rocket. They plan to use a soluble cement to bond powdered metal into such structures as special instrument panels that are used only in the early stages of the flight. When their purpose has been served, the structures will be tossed into the blender. The moist wastes will dissolve the cement, returning the metal to its powdered form and making it a suitable ingredient for MONEX...
...tional City Bank. In Ottawa last week, parliamentary hearings began on a bill designed to limit the size of banks in which non-Canadians have more than a 25% interest. Mercantile, as it happens, would be the only one affected; under the new rules, it would be forced to pare its assets to $200 million or find new Canadian owners...
...Passes. For himself, Capote had selected a 39? domino mask from F.A.O. Schwarz; it was bested for economy by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 82-year-old daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. She had shopped around and got a similar mask for 4? less. But few of the other ladies tried to pare expenses; some spent $600 and more for their extravaganzas. Rose Kennedy picked out several masks in case she changed her mind, finally settled on an elaborate domino with towering egret plumes. Mrs. Henry Ford II came wearing a white organdy butterfly...
...million in sales) nor Lever's 44% ($85 million) constituted any sort of monopoly. Then, in a curious bit of reasoning, the commission criticized both companies for spending too much on competitive sales promotions, urged that the regulatory Board of Trade require both P. & G. and Lever to pare 40% from their advertising and promotion budgets, and pass the savings along to the British housewife...
...cure to psychosis in the chemistry of the brain. While science may never develop a foolproof psychiatric Geiger counter or a cerebral "Pap smear" for spotting every psychotic in advance, there is no doubt that far more can be done within the resources of the Great Society to pare the danger of sudden, irrational murder...