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...Sneezeproof pepper, designed to take the ah-choo out of cooking-out, is now being made by the Albert Ehlers Co. of Brooklyn. Ground to a uniform medium size rather than the traditional ultrafine powder, the new pepper stays put, is not as likely to be blown into noses by passing breezes. Research conducted by the company's laboratory shows that the new grind, with its larger particles and less dust, brings on 73% fewer sneezes than the old kind. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace: New Products | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...German family dynasty marketing Europe's best-known soap powder hold its own against the U.S. giants moving in on the Common Market? Konrad Henkel, 47, head of the Henkel Group that produces Persil, believes the answer is yes, though there may yet be a little soap-opera suspense. Henkel (1961 sales: more than $250 million) has lately seen more than 10% of the German detergent market grabbed off by Colgate and Procter & Gamble, who have been spending twice as much on advertising as Germans normally do. Konrad Henkel, who shares control of his company with eleven relatives, believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Business: Personal File: Jun. 1, 1962 | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...full of camels through high-stepping Bactrian high jinks. Unus performs the impossible on one finger atop a light globe. Harold Alzana teeters through several near falls on his 40-ft. high wire. And the Zacchinis, their cannon now billed as "atomic," are launched in a flash of gun powder into a safety net and "recovered in time for the next countdown." Newest star is blonde Evelyn Currie, 20, who is appearing with Ringling Bros...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Circuses: Past Tents | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

...Leave "Ev and Charlie" alone. They are doing a tremendous job. They are real Republicans. So what if Ev has curly hair. And it is easy for Charlie to powder his red nose. The late Sam Rayburn was as bald as a billiard ball. I never heard any criticism of Sam. He did his job for the Democrats very well. Ev and Charlie are doing equally well for the Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 30, 1962 | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

...same caloric value as costlier dextrose, which many doctors prescribe. Dextrose, they contend, is better assimilated; being a powder, it is less likely to be confused with salt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death in the Formula | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

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