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...anyone who would risk his soul by approaching the Audio Lab where (as the ads reveal) nearly nude sirens tempt the will of all passers-by, I strongly recommend a visit next door to the Cambridge Art Association. The two College seniors now exhibiting there deserve a good deal of attention...
From Concrete to Carpets. To tempt the consumer in an economy that is becoming increasingly sophisticated, Gene Ferkauf has decided that the discounter's low prices are not enough and must be accompanied by at least a minimum of atmosphere and service. By so doing, he, more than any other discounter, has brought respectability to a business in which the clerks all too often seem to be taking 10% off for rudeness. At Korvette's, the discounter's original pipe racks and cold concrete floors have given way to piped-in music and wall-to-wall carpeting...
...competitor by introducing the Chevy II-which is so like the Falcon that some Detroiters call it "Falcon III." Result was that G.M. offered autodom's most highly varied line of 1962s, including more pizazz models, more convertibles and more medium-priced cars than anyone else to tempt the trading-up buyer...
...between the neutrality of Austria, enforced by the 1955 peace treaty with Russia and the West, and the voluntary neutrality of Sweden and Switzerland). Common Market leaders feel that granting special concessions to the neutrals would be unfair to members who have made the full sacrifices demanded-and might tempt some member states to reduce their own market obligations in future. Another argument heard: Why grant association to the neutrals rather than to NATO partners such as the U.S. and Canada...
...precisely what Z himself hoped for when he told Minnesota's Y his troubles. In return, thin-blooded Y may well quit frosty Minnesota to take over Z's job at sunny Stanford. Both Y and Z knew, of course, that Stanford would not tempt X, who is quite happy working for Harvard because it allows him to spend most of his time in Washington...