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Word: carport (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...upon and made a style. There is hardly a modern house in the U.S. that does not owe at least some of its features to him. Among Wright innovations: the split-level living room, the open plan for house interiors, the corner picture window, modern radiant floor heating, the carport (he coined the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Native Genius | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Addlescence. In Segoville, Texas, Mae Hancock went to police and asked them to arrest her two boys because "I can't do a thing with them," the cops went to the Hancock house, found Warden, 54, and Guy, 52, sprawled out drunk in the carport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 17, 1958 | 11/17/1958 | See Source »

...N.A.H.B.'s $13,500 house is completely air-conditioned (heating and cooling), comes with all appliances, including a dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer, has an attractive fenced patio and carport. Without these features it could cost as little as $9,600. N.A.H.B. President Nels Severin likes it so well that he plans to build one in San Diego...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: More for Less | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...love? "One never knows," said Kim. But all the publicity brought out an embarrassing fact: back home, Ramfis has a wife named Octavia ("Tan Tan") and six children. Frankly surprised, Kim said she had planned to send the car back anyway. "There's not even room in my carport," said she. Zsa Zsa was gladly hanging on to both her presents. At Leavenworth, the Army announced that Ramfis, who last week had his adenoids removed, had been completing his assignments by mail, and he would graduate in June along with his less-traveled classmates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Ramfis' Conquests | 5/19/1958 | See Source »

Aluminum Village. Near Riverview, Fla., Housing Developer John Stalling offered houses of fabricated aluminum with 470 sq. ft. of living area plus porch and carport for $5,999. Aluminum panels with honeycombed insulation are bolted to a concrete slab foundation, which has sewage and water pipes already installed. Designed for retired couples on limited incomes, the little houses have electric outlets three feet above the floor, guard rails around the bathtubs, ramps at the doors. Stalling, 75 himself, is aiming at a 2,500-home village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Apr. 28, 1958 | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

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