Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Battery. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. introduced a new "dry"-type storage battery which is guaranteed to last three months longer than ordinary batteries. Its acid is not added to the battery until it is sold, unlike the conventional battery, whose acid is put in at the factory, resulting in a steady discharge of cells before the customer begins to use it. Price: about $1.50 more than other batteries...
Just as the girls begin to tire of Williams, and the faculty of the girls, January and Bennington's Non-Resident term roll around...
...White Tires. A white rubber paint with which car owners can make their own "white wall" tires in 20 minutes was put on the market by Chicago's Lowenthal Manufacturing Co.The manufacturer says the white walls will last as long as the tires. The do-it-yourself kit contains one bottle of cleaner to prepare the tire surface and enough liquid rubber to paint five tires. Cost...
...Mutual Broadcasting System's Board Chairman Thomas F. O'Neil, who is also a vice president of General Tire & Rubber Co., took over Mutual's presidency when Frank White, 52, resigned his $100,000-a-year job after a disagreement over a new contract. General Tire, owner of the Don Lee and Yankee networks, got majority stock control of Mutual when its networks merged last year with two Mutual stations in New York City...
Tips & Onions. To gather all its detailed information, Michelin relies on 92 regional representatives, tire-company employees all over France, and five full-time inspectors who spend their days and nights eating their way through the nation. Michelin inspectors never reveal their identity until the meal is over, and woe to the chef who is having an off day. From their voluminous reports, the home office keeps up to date, even to knowing that a certain chef in a little Normandy inn may be slipping because of troubles at home...