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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While the safety razor and the electric shaver have thoroughly conquered the U.S., many Europeans still strop their own razors or visit a barber for a shave. This naturally makes Europe highly attractive to the world's razor-blade makers. Throat-cutting competition for the market is raging between Boston-based Gillette Co., world's biggest producer, and Britain's Wilkinson Sword Ltd., whose introduction of the long-lasting stainless-steel blade changed the whole nature of the market (TIME, May 1). Stainless blades now account for almost 70% of British blade sales, 35% of the German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Business: The Blade Battle | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...opinion a double release toepiece with a release cable is the best combination. Properly adjusted the binding will prevent many accidents and you will do well to come with the set. In any case buy a so-called "Ariberg Strap" with the binding. A simple release strop will not prevent the ski from whirling around once the binding has released. A binding costs around $15 to $18, depending on the selection of the toepiece. In no case, however, should beginners use the swivel heels, since they do not provide adequate safety in forward spills...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Expert Suggests Ski Equipment To Look For | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...advertising campaign to debeard the U.S. male. So successful was Gillette that his face became a medicine-cabinet fixture and the close shave a daily ritual. With firm patents on its razor and blade, Gillette was unnicked by competition until the '20s, merged with its major rival (Auto Strop) in 1931. But mismanagement and a stock scandal during the '30s sent Gillette's sales tumbling, forcing the company in 1938 to hire Joseph P. Spang Jr. away from meat-packing Swift & Co. to straighten Gillette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: King of Shaves | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

...Havana. Graham Greene's novel makes a Britannically amusing film that begins as a good mockery of international spies, ends on the strop of political satire. Alec Guinness, Noel Coward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Mar. 7, 1960 | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

...Havana. Graham Greene's novel makes a Britannically amusing film that begins as a good mockery of international spies, ends on the strop of political satire. Alec Guinness, Noel Coward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Feb. 29, 1960 | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

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