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...pressed for funds that they are talking merger; so are the Cincinnati and Indianapolis orchestras. The Detroit Symphony, which has just emerged from a 34-day musicians' strike, is in such economic straits that it may have to disband. "Between 1971 and 1973," predicts Manhattan Fund Raiser Carl Shaver, an expert in orchestral finances, "we stand a very good chance of losing at least one-third, if not half of our major symphony orchestras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: American Orchestras: The Sound of Trouble | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...gimmick is that the hero, Harry Palmer, comes on as a sleepy-eyed clod. The opening credits show him waking up, groping for his glasses, fishing around for his creased clothing, making coffee, and running an electric shaver over his face--all the morning rituals of a dull desk worker. Until he pulls an automatic out of the crumpled bedclothes...

Author: By Gregory P. Pressman, | Title: The Ipcress File | 11/3/1965 | See Source »

...that a bit much for a little cigarette lighter?" Of course it is, but that shows how much she knows about him - or Ronson. He's going to slice the roast with his Ronson Carve 'n' Slice electric knife, just as he shaves with a Ronson shaver, shines shoes on a Ronson electric buffer, and brushes his teeth with a Ronson electric toothbrush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: A Bit Much For a Lighter Company | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

...Case, losing by 335,861 votes (while President Kennedy won the state by 22,091), after which he helped his former law partner Richard Hughes win the governorship in 1962; by his own hand (depressed by his estrangement from Second Wife Nina Underwood, he garroted himself with an electric-shaver cord); in Princeton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 25, 1965 | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

...article stated that electric shavers and specifially the Remington shaver, were less likely to cause lesions of the skin than regular razors. The claim was based on research supposedly done by the authors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Wins $250,000 Libel Suit Against Electric Shaver Corporation | 2/8/1965 | See Source »

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