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Sorcerer's Apprentice. In West Berlin, Germany, Ernst Bogelsack sneaked into town from the Soviet Zone, hid in a public lavatory until the attendant left, removed the brass water taps from the sinks in order to sell them in the black market, immediately loosed a flood, tried to get out but found the doors locked, howled for help until a passing police patrol broke in and rescued him from the rising waters, by then neck-deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 17, 1951 | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

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