Word: repairs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What had happened? Explained an embarrassed Electricity Board technician: "There was a break in the neutral connection in the three-phase supply that became unbalanced." None the wiser, the citizens of Carlecotes presented the board with the biggest electrical bill in the village's history. "We'll repair or replace everything damaged," promised a harassed official...
Next night a second zipper failed as she stepped from her car. Beyond repair, said Jayne, and changed into the skimpiest of green shorts, a halter and blouse. She drank, danced-and shed her blouse. The topper came when weight-lifting Hubby Mickey ("0 Musculo") Hargitay performed his famed stunt of hoisting Jayne horizontally into the air over the crowd. The crowd, getting ready for Lent, ogled...
...that its only woes are with the trustbusters. All the competitors gave up because P-B outsold and outserviced them. Last month P-B signed a consent decree promising to create competition by sharing with all comers its current and future patents, and instructing them how to make, repair and service the postage meters. Wheeler accepted the decree with grace: "We believe in the antitrust legislation and what it has done for the country. We hope other companies do come in. We don't think competition will hurt...
CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 13--With tears in his eyes, Romulo Betancourt took the oath as president today with a pledge of economy and democratic rule to repair what he called the havoc of a decade of dictatorship in Venezuela...
Then there was a knock at the door and we welcomed the telephone-repair...