Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back to Austerity? Rab Butler saw the danger when sterling began to fall on the free markets of Zurich and New York. Foreign exporters who could pick up pounds as low as $2.72 began undercutting British firms who were forced to finance their exports at the officially pegged rate of about $2.78. Last week, as sterling grew weaker and "never-never buying" (as the British call installment purchases) sent British consumer indebtedness spiraling to $1.1 billion, Butler reimposed restrictions-and a small dose of austerity...
...most talented animals trained by the Brelands are on exhibition in their "I.Q. Zoo," a tourist attraction at Hot Springs, and 250 of them are on the road for General Mills. They draw attention to General Mills' exhibits at agricultural fairs and of course always pick G.M. products as their favorite foods. The Brelands enjoy 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...
...this 'mountain-locked community' reckoned his divine piece of Small Boy and Fawn wasn't worth the asking price of $8,500 in view of the need for other things-like schoolrooms and such . . . Now frankly we don't have any bones to pick with Mr. Fazzini. His statue may be a 'divine piece' and it may be worth $8,500, but we're sorta old-fashioned hereabouts and kinda figure we could use the money better somewhere else." Last week, while the school architect began looking around for new customers, Sculptor Fazzini...
Rooms with a View. To give San Franciscans further proof of the museum's progress. Director Morley had on display last week the pick of its 4,000 works, most of them donated by enthusiastic San Francisco collectors. Included in the current anniversary show are the outstanding works from the museum's San Francisco Bay area annuals, which have given a boost to such artists as Dong Kingman and the late Matthew Barnes, a survey of Latin American art, important works by Braque, Klee, Matisse and Franz Marc. For the gala opening, the museum unveiled nine handsome...
Briefcase Tape Recorder. A battery-operated magnetic tape recorder that is built into an average-sized leather briefcase and weighs less than 12 Ibs. has been put on the market by Manhattan's Amplifier Corp. of America. The recorder, operated by touching a combination lock and switch, can pick up whispers at 12 ft. and ordinary speech at 100 ft. It provides recording for 1½ hours. Price...