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Died. Samuel Briskman, 70, a onetime Manhattan textile merchant who in 1931, while tinkering with two bread knives, devised a saw-toothed scissors that kept fabrics from unraveling by cutting a zigzag line, thereby earning himself a fortune in the manufacture of what became known as pinking shears; of a heart attack; in Miami Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 24, 1967 | 2/24/1967 | See Source »

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