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...histaminic "cold cures." Sales of the drugs in 1950 may reach $100 million, it is estimated-"a plum for those who want to pluck it... The possibilities for exploitation seem almost unlimited. Drivel such as some of the [advertising] pleas for over-the-counter anti-histaminics should not be thrust on the American public. There is a limit to what the public should be asked to swallow...
...ball, but its blankness was part of Marini's intention: a human "universality" that classic features might have lacked. The Kneeling Girl's fat, soft hams and absurdly shriveled arms gave her a look of aged help lessness, an impression which was contradicted by the energetic forward thrust of the spine and the stubborn tilt of the head. As a symbol of humanity she could not have been less attractive, but she was nonetheless impressive: she obviously suffered and survived...
...trick gadgets. One driver, wearing neither shoes nor socks, had sandpapered the soles of his feet to keep a sensitive control of the gas pedal; others wore special footwear, built up on the right side to give delicate horizontal pressure on the gas pedal instead of a strong downward thrust...
...picturebook town with medieval houses and a ducal castle, Celle is about 20 miles from Hannover. It had kept its traditions even through the Third Reich. With the coming of the airlift, Celle's burghers found themselves thrust into an atmosphere of sex and schnapps. From all over Germany eager opportunists rushed to Celle to help make the G.I.s happy. Jazz bands filled the town with boogie-woogie. A hundred new bars opened up. Taxi drivers came from as far away as Hamburg to work in Celle. They took meters off, charged $5 to nearby Fassberg airport, where...
...Force men estimate that five rockets with 11,000 lbs. of thrust each will push the sled at 1,100 m.p.h. Other rockets firing forward bring it to a standstill...