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...slice of Laos," the walrus said...
...last 30 seconds, not long as man reckons life. But into this eyeball-probing half-minute, commercials are stuffed with a vigor that would astonish even a sausage maker. The networks give this half-minute to local stations to keep them happy and affiliated, and the stations often slice it up into 10-and 20-second blocks, and sometimes-although they are not supposed to do this-they sell it in three 10-second blocks. Sometimes the local stations will snip an additional 10 seconds off network time without permission, and sell that too. Thus it is possible, though...
...seminar to explain the significance of last November's elections. After the first day's lectures, USIS hosts explained that guests could have two beers or two glasses of Dutch gin at the embassy's expense. That night at dinner, waiters began serving two slices of meat to guests, but stopped halfway through to take one slice away from the plates already served. Under John Rooney's representation allowance, the budget for the dinner permitted one slice of meat per man, and not a calorie more...
...your reviewer gave me a lot of the first, a part slice of the second, only a little of the third, then the excellent photography of Joern Gerdts evened the score...
flatcars that are helping them win back a big slice of the new-car hauling business lost to truckers. Once, the railroads moved 75% of all new autos. But the truckers devised efficient trailers that undercut railroad charges, by 1959 had left the rails only 8% of the business. Now the rails are grabbing a bigger share by charging only half as much as truckers on long hauls. One reason: on a cross-country haul, each flatcar replaces at least three high-wage truck drivers. By year's end, Ford expects to ship 35% of its cars by rail...