Word: tens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...habits; frequent disappearances from work." Next, Du Pont medics approach the alcoholic sympathetically, tell him that the company views his alcohol problem as an illness, not unlike heart disease. The company then sends the drinker to its own psychiatrists and to Alcoholics Anonymous-and it holds that A.A. is ten times more effective than the psychiatrists. "One who has never indulged in drinking has a poor chance of succeeding with alcoholics," says Dr. D'Alonzo...
...return mail the snorers got instructions for an exercise that may curb snoring: "Hold something firmly between your teeth (or gums if you have no teeth) for ten minutes after going to bed but before settling to sleep." In each letter Family Doctor enclosed a wooden tongue depressor "very suitable" for holding between the teeth. The exercise strengthens muscles that hold the mouth closed, helps Britons to control snoring by keeping a stiff upper...
...Chevrolet assembly plants previously shut down, G.M. halted all production of Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs, closed down all but one Buick plant. By the end of this week, General Motors production, now at a mere trickle, will be stopped completely. Chrysler has already laid off 5,000 workers in ten plants, by week's end will be forced to lay off many more. Ford cut back to three-and four-day weeks to conserve its dwindling steel supply into December. Suppliers suffered with the auto companies; Chevrolet has canceled orders affecting most of its 26,000 suppliers...
...fabricate the steel into auto parts and fill supplier pipelines. Faced with an auto shortage, buyers rushed to the showrooms. Dealers sold almost as many new cars in the first 20 days of October (338,465) as they sold in all of September, and sales for the last ten-day period were running 20% over the previous ten days. Some dealers took advantage of the scramble to hike prices, and even unsold 1959 models, in some areas, were commanding full list prices...
...think the market will rise. A call is a negotiable contract giving the purchaser the right to buy stock, usually in 100 share lots, any time during a specified period running from 21 days to a year or more. For example, last June Filer sold a six-month, ten-day call on American Motors for $625. This gave the purchaser the right to buy 100 shares of American Motors at 37⅛ at any time before the option expires on Dec. 7. With American Motors now selling around 80, there is already a profit of more than...