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Bring Back Backseat Dancers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gaitered Cyclists on High Wheels To Race in Radcliffe Quadrangle | 5/15/1941 | See Source »

...like Bob James, Sam White, Lee Bird, Chet Legg, Adrienne Simpson have not been lost in the shuffie and may be heard from before long. Senior forward Charley Lutz, of course, takes a backseat to no one in the East as an all-around floorman and is an invaluable steadying influence on the young team...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

...road, prevent him from hearing warning signals, preoccupy him with tuning manipulation. But four counterarguments for auto-radios were found: they 1) induce slower driving; 2) break the monotony of extended or night driving, prevent drowsiness, promote attention, interest, alertness; 3) soothe motorists during extended traffic jams; 4) silence backseat driving. Motor-vehicle commissioners in 38 States failed to find any accidents directly attributable to auto-radios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: By-Products | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

They really have more pitching strength than Friday's and Saturday's games would Indicate. When Healey is "on" and fairly well rested, he doesn't have to take a backseat to many college flingers. Curtiss looked good against Penn and Boston University, and actually he want's too roughly received by the Big Red. Only one of the runs scored off him was earned. Charley Brackett got a chance for a little seasoning against the anaemic Tigers and came through with flying colors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER? | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Rail Tycoon Henry M. Flagler to lace the Florida Keys, converted by PWA from a defunct railroad into a $3,600,000 motor highway. At Key West, which WPA saved from indigent desuetude, Mayor Willard M. Albury and Admiral William Leahy sat beside the President as he delivered two backseat radio talks in rapid succession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Vigilant Fisherman | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

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