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...their commercial success, but they regard it as a pleasant way to pay for expensive research. Their leading interest is still animal psychology, and they are sure that they have learned enough already to help farmers control their animals. Example: a farmer should always be noisy in the turkey pen so that the turkeys will get used to noise and will not stampede and kill themselves during a thunderstorm...
When Scripto, Inc. and Parker Pen Co. each announced that they had a new kind of pencil that writes with liquid graphite and never has to be sharpened (TIME, Feb. 7), everyone in the industry expected a dingdong patent fight and a sales battle. Scripto's "Fluidlead," already on the market, was a 49? pencil; Parker's "Liquid Lead," a model at under $5, was to be brought out in the spring...
...priced field; Parker will stick to the higher-priced pencil. Both companies will use Parker's Liquid Lead name, hoping that the agreement will discourage the kind of fly-by-night competition that almost ruined the industry in the early days of the ball-point pen. Said Parker's Executive Vice President Daniel Parker: "We feel that with a high-quality standard, any imitators at a lower-quality level will find it pretty tough sledding...
...wait a minute," said Schulberg, "These kids have seen 'Waterfront." The producer and Miss Gardner must have been unimpressed, however, for they had, already grabbed their coats and were escorting the author out the door. A Dartmouth student standing nearby had taken out a pen to get the visitor's autography. But before he could say anything, Schulberg and his companions, without a backward glance, had disappeared among the ice statues of Fraternity...
...Pen Pals. In Taipei, Formosa, hoping to get rich on stamps, Chao Chun, 31, placed a newspaper ad reading, "Attractive widow of 25, high-school graduate, seeks husband; send photo, personal history and stamps for reply," got 5,000 bids, was finally turned over to police when disgruntled suitors came around to see why they were receiving no replies...