OPA 74¢ Cigar Plan Sparks Saver Talk and Satirical Talk
A quirky exchange explains an OPA rule allowing a seven and a half cent five cent cigar and a ten cent price shift, trading quips on saving 50 million smokers money. The piece blends mock dialogue, Hitler verse, and a note on the Lotus Club admitting women after 74 years, plus a Christmas restaurant price cap and other brief items.
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Intricate Watches Made for Collectors
Collectors feature highly complex watches that require up to eight years to design and manufacture and can cost as much as 18000 dollars. They include dozens of time and calendar dials along with meteorological instruments like a thermometer humidity gauge and barometer and an altimeter plus celestial charts showing hourly positions of visible constellations.
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