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...Franco's hope: that the U.S. would outfit all Spain's armed forces, and re-equip the transportation system, in return for the base rights.) Complained a Spanish diplomat: "You Americans outfit the rest of the world with wardrobes, but for us you have only a toothbrush...
...worth of goods. They bought little. Out of their $300 total, they spent only $103.79. Twenty-nine shoppers spent less than $1 each, 37 spent less than $2. Four buyers came back emptyhanded; they could not even get waited on. One of them had asked for a toothbrush, was told: "They're down there. Go get yourself...
...only a few instances did Richmond sales clerks show any enterprise. In one drugstore, a shopper who had bought a toothbrush was also offered a deodorant. "Do you think I need it?" he asked. There followed a long, painful silence. He reluctantly bought the deodorant and reported: "There's one woman clerk who doesn't have to be told anything about the way to make a sale...
...Green toothbrush may soon go the way of pink toothbrush. Just at the peak of the chlorophyll rage, U.S. toothpaste makers are beginning to switch to "enzyme inhibitors," developed at Northwestern University's Dental School. The new theory is that tooth decay is caused by enzymes (i.e., chemical agents produced by bacteria) turning sugars and starches into acids. Last week Lambert Co., Colgate, and Block Drug Co. were already hard at work on new anti-enzyme toothpastes, hope to have their new products on the market this fall. Said the American Dental Association: "The value of anti-enzymes . . . still...
...reason sales of one toothpaste boomed in Lima, Peru while toothbrush sales sagged was that natives were eating the paste as candy. In South Africa, a sudden liking for a hairdressing was due to natives' using it as a sandwich spread...