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...make it a mass seller in more than 70 nations. Bitter Lemon, which already outsells tonic in Britain-Schweppes people like to say that it has schweppt the island-is a concoction containing ground lemons, quinine and secret essence; Schweppes hopes that it will be used as a year-round mixer or as an "esoteric soft drink" for adults...
What About Humans? This year Illinois will consider a bill to provide year-round racing. Arizona's greyhounds last year ran 342 nights. Maryland has passed a bill to increase its racing season by 36 days, expects to gain $2,000,000. New Hampshire lengthened its season by eight days; New Jersey is considering a 19-day extension; Ohio last year added 34 days...
...declining number of hotel rooms; like a horde of men who came to dinner, winter vacationers tend to linger on forever, end up plunking down an average $70,000 for a plot of land and another $50,000 for a chalet to build on it. To some, a year-round retreat there is worth even more: Actress Elizabeth Taylor picked up a little shack in the valley last summer for a cool...
...major improvements to the physical plant were made in 1962,. Planning began on the new indoor tennis court facility, which will provide year-round courts for both the varsity and students, and the Stadium received a new turf. Nothing was done about seating in the Stadium, however, and a CRIMSON reports noted that heavy rains before the Penn football game caused him and his date Susan to suffer through the contest with freezing hands and "wet bottoms...
...Lamour had fallen in love with the Midi, but he recognized his love's faults. The sun shines brightly year-round in the Midi, but the 30 inches of rain that the area gets in an average year is concentrated in about 80 days. The obvious solution: irrigation. Visiting the U.S., Lamour studied TVA dams and California's irrigated valleys, then returned to the Midi to duplicate what he had seen...