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...special feature for quite special people, SHREVE'S in Boston offers this cellophane tape dispenser. It serves a three-way purpose: keeping rape at your fingertips so that it's handy when a paper rips or an envelope won't stick; acting as a paper weight; and giving your desk the distinguished air of a place where things get done well, quickly, and in style...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: And Still More Gifts | 12/6/1951 | See Source »

...Tele-pad" is the name of this item which is set in a fine leather tray, hand-tooled in 25 carat gold holds. It comes in wine, red, or brown at SHREVE'S in Boston for $5.00. The attached pencil is automatic and refill pads can be obtained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas: The Crimson Suggests . . . | 12/6/1951 | See Source »

...lotion, shaving soap, and a space to hold blades. The whole thing measures four inches across. It's a great gimmick for people who make overnight trips. Complete, it comes to $7.50 and it has a special 14 karat gold shield on the top where initials can be engraved. Shreve, Crump and Lowe will handle the works before your Christmas exodus. This traveling iron is another article from Shreve's. Imported from England it's a necessity for people who travel. About four inches long it's made for use both in the United States and Europe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Distinctive Christmas Gifts Unearthed | 12/7/1950 | See Source »

...boss of Bridgeport Brass's 5,000 employees, Steinkraus has not had a strike or a work stoppage, has been so successful at labor relations that other employers often seek him as a speaker on the subject. He succeeds General Electric's Vice President Earl O. Shreve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts & Figures, May 16, 1949 | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...Perfect. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce elected a new President, Earl Owen Shreve, vice president in charge of General Electric's heavy-industry sales. Iowa-born President Shreve's favorite term of complete approval used to be "640% perfect." Recently he deflated this to "106%." But his first official speech (which did not agree with the views of his boss-see The Economy) warned against similar deflationary tactics in business. Concerted price-cutting, he told the Chamber might bring a new depression...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FACTS & FIGURES: Mostly Good | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

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