Word: productivity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...remained skeptical. We wanted to see the clay from which the powder was made. Then a gaunt woman emerged from another kitchen carrying a half-dozen big chunks of the raw product, weighing altogether perhaps seven or eight pounds. The others looked on quietly. The woman said something to the interpreter. He turned to us and told the amazing reason why she had not shown this hoard of clay sooner: "She was hiding it from the others...
...Arden beauty empire at 691 Fifth Avenue is guarded by a grey-liveried doorman and a red door marked simply, Elizabeth Arden. Inside, and scattered over a labyrinth of seven floors, is the amazing factory where ladies (from 2½ years to 84) go to get remodeled. The raw product is examined, diagnosed and then put on the Arden production line...
...finished product-what comes out after being rubbed, scrubbed, flexed, scented, shampooed and even clothed (by Antonio Castillo of Paris)-is emotionally as well as physically restored. The New York salon, No. 1 in her empire, is one of 20 Arden beauty repair shops in the U.S. and 15 more scattered about Europe, South America, Canada, Australia and Hawaii. Elizabeth Arden makes even more from manufacturing and selling Ardena products...
Like pressagents, oil promoters and manufacturers of face mud, witches must never allow a client to feel doubt about the product. This is particularly true in the matter of hexes and evil spells. When scraggly-haired, Mexican-born Mrs. Martina Cordova burned black candles and stirred up foul-smelling liquids in her Denver rooming house, she looked very impressive. But her method of applying and removing hexes was too routine...
...November 1944 Inventor Hogan unloaded half his duties at WQXR to devote more time to facsimile research begun some twelve years ago (TIME, Feb. 14, 1944). He got 20 broadcasters (twelve of them publishers) to put up $250,000 for his experiments. Now his finished product looks so good that General Electric is tooling up for production, expects units on the market within a year...