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...Next I talked to Mrs. Horn. 'I wanted to buy a $299.95 refrigerator,' she said, 'but it was more than I could pay. I didn't want to buy it on installments. We weathered one depression that caught us paying on two babies, washer, car,, sweeper and furniture. So I said no to the refrigerator salesman and bought a secondhand one for $125.. . . I had a funny feeling that the $299.95 refrigerator would cost $229.95 next fall...
...during an interview: "Don't interrupt, don't beg, don't be breezy, don't talk too much, don't mumble, don't giggle, don't argue." Furthermore, warned the booklet, "don't be a finger fidgeter, a hand washer, a clothing adjuster, a tapper, twister, nose puller, whisker feeler, or an Adam's apple adjuster...
...thought he had the right house. The living room had a big picture window; the fireplace boasted a second opening in the kitchen for indoor barbecues. The kitchen shone with stainless steel cabinets and sink, a new refrigerator and automatic washer...
...heavy gold pectoral cross, Episcopal Bishop James Pernette De Wolfe of Long Island tied a white apron. Over his purple-edged skullcap he put a chef's white hat. In the spacious grounds of his cathedral at suburban Garden City, the bishop was chief cook (but not bottle-washer) at a clambake last week for the Episcopal Actors' Guild...
...Conditioned Mattress. His father did not get in the company, says young Rand, because "he didn't think much of it.'' But the washer has already paid off handsomely. All told, Bendix will pay $500,000 down, plus a royalty of $2.50 apiece on the first 100,000 washers. (It will scale down to $1 apiece after...