Word: phonographic
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...have just returned from a year's teaching in England as an American exchange teacher. Over there, I was at a loss, at first, without my trusty motion-picture and slide projectors, tape recorder, phonograph, overhead projector, television, radio, duplicating machines and handy staple remover. However, I soon discovered what a challenge teaching can be when one has to do the job himself instead of leaving it to machines...
...records spin), tuner (hifi for FM radio) and speakers, he had to compare the wares of a large range of component part companies, shell out as much as $1,500, and spend as long as a week hooking all the parts together. The only alternative was a cheap portable phonograph that sounded as tinny with two stereo speakers as it used to with one, or a medium-priced console that was long on looks but short on fidelity. Now, however, great music is coming in more manageable packages...
...cars (retroactive to May 15) and total repeal of the 10% tax on the retail price of jewelry, furs, cosmetics, toiletries, luggage, handbags, and the 10% tax on the manufacturer's price of air conditioners (also retroactive), business machines, sporting goods, phonograph records, musical instruments, television sets, radios, phonographs, photographic equipment and film (see U.S. BUSINESS...
Many retailers promised to rebate the tax on big-ticket items that had been purchased within the last month -provided buyers kept their receipts. Some, however, planned no reductions at all for phonograph records, small appliances and other loss leaders that are already heavily discounted; and David Yunich, president of Macy's New York division, complained: "There are some manufacturers who are resisting passing on the excise-tax reductions to customers by contemplating raising their base prices." Whether they pass it on or not, businessmen were plainly pleased by the excise cut, figured that it would make more than...
...four years. The first reduction, amounting to $1.7 billion and to become effective July 1, would repeal the 10% retail tax on jewelry, furs, cosmetics and other toiletries, lug gage, handbags and other leather goods, as well as the 10% manufacturer's tax on business machines, sporting goods, phonograph records, musical instru ments, television sets, radios and phono graphs, refrigerators, freezers, electric, gas and oil appliances, pens and me chanical pencils, lighters, matches and playing cards. In addition, the 10% manufacturer's tax on new passenger cars would be cut to 7% , retroactive to May 15, with full...