Word: researched
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fraction of the recordings is on the market as stereo tapes, but the high cost of tape equipment and of the tape itself ($14.95 and up for the amount of music that goes for $3.98 or $4.98 on LPs) limits its sale. As an alternative, the industry concentrated its research on the development of a stereo disk that would sell for only a dollar or so more than the regular LP record...
...research problem was complicated by a marketing problem: how to convert the public to stereo gradually so as not to endanger the fortune the industry already has invested in monaural LPs. There were two possible ways. One was to develop a cartridge and stylus that would play both straight monaural records and stereo records. The other way-Columbia's-was to develop a stereo record that would sound good with the standard monaural pickup and could also be used when the owner got around to buying stereo sound gear...
...fast-growing Chas. Pfizer drug house (1957 sales: $207 million). Pfizer has option to buy Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp.'s division making Vicara, a cashmere-like synthetic that has been a flop so far because it weakens when washed. Before deciding whether to buy, Pfizer will conduct major research to see if Vicara can be improved...
With an award from the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, the Medical School, in conjunction with the Boston Lying-In Hospital, will carry on a coordinated program of research and teaching, centering on problems associated with the beginning and early developments of human life. Funds will be made available over a ten-year period...
...Studies in recent years," Leonard W. Mayo, Executive Director of the Association, explained, "have led to the realization that there is a tremendous need for continued research in this field...