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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said, "Well, let's call them Teddy bears." The following year the Steiff factory in Giengen, West Germany sold nearly 1,000,000 Teddy bears in America alone, and prosperity of the tiny hamlet where the factory is situated boomed. Accordingly, this year, the townfolk of Giengen will turn out in a giant Teddy Bear Festival honoring President "Teddy" Roosevelt on the 100th anniversary of his birth...
EVERYBODY-even the drum patt-er-was plugged in and counting, anxious to see a cooking bird turn green. Suddenly, the orbiting wheel made an eyeball instrumentation and inputted a hold: a ball peen adjustment could mean the difference between a red bird and a green one. What if it turned red? EGADS...
...backed off. Eventually the Osborne syndicate picked up 35% of the stock and control of D'el Key. The only trouble was that the new owners lacked the capital and the mining know-how to make the mine pay off, and asked Banker Model for help. He, in turn, went to M. A. Hanna...
Gold from Iron. Hanna's goal is to turn D'el Key into a major ore supplier for the U.S. and Europe; D'el Key will be almost as big as Hanna's Labrador project, which shipped about 12.5 million tons last year. It plans to spend something like $300 million for equipment, a railroad and a port to get the ore to market. In winter, Hanna's fleet of 40,000-ton ore carriers will shift southward from ice-locked Labrador to Brazil, cut around the world carrying 10 million tons of ore annually...
Zoom Lens. Bell & Howell put on sale a new zoom-lens attachment for 16-mm. home movie cameras with which the camera buff can change focal length from wide-angle to normal to telescope with the turn of a handle, enabling him to keep right on shooting while switching from closeups to long or panoramic shots. Electric Rug. A carpet pad that can be plugged in like an electric blanket to supply radiant heating in mild climates will be marketed by Britain's Thermalay Ltd. Developed after 18 months of research by electrical engineers and textile...