Word: watchbands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tripe. In Burlington, Vt., an agricultural journal listed the contents of the stomach of a slaughtered bull: safety pins, bobby pins, cartridge casings, two rubber heels, a key chain, a set of gold dental bridgework, nine pennies, 16 nails, two plastic bags, a toy wristwatch, a gold watchband, a fishing spinner, five clothespins, six can lids, two hypodermic needles, two earrings, a broken pop bottle, 24 bottle caps, half an inner tube, a rubber doll...
...rich. He dresses expensively, favors dark blue suits and blue or grey silk ties that blend well with his heavy-lidded, blue-grey eyes, tans his skin under a sun lamp, plays up his graceful hands by wearing transparent nail polish, a star sapphire ring, a thick gold watchband, huge cuff links...
...would have to diversify his company's production, make additional products which he could sell profitably, develop research to make others. For two years Shennan has been preparing his course by acquiring other companies, such as Kentucky's Wadsworth Watch Case Co. and Rhode Island's watchband-making Hadley Co., which also makes cuff links, tie clasps, etc. Elgin itself is importing Swiss movements for Wadsworth cases, and making compacts, emblems, and product name plates-plus $23 million of defense orders. Result: Elgin's 1952 sales are estimated at $50 million...