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Word: cleaner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Prentice Claflin, as the puckish lush Ivan the Knife, swaggers, slobbers, and leers risibly. Hotiana's Jo (Peter Gilbert) on the other hand maintains the stony-faced good humor of a vacuum cleaner salesman reciting the merits of a Hoover...

Author: By Stephen E. Cotton, | Title: All the Queen's Men | 3/6/1968 | See Source »

...York Central railroads was warmly received in the editorial offices of TIME. Nearly half the staffers commute by rail, and many of them brought questions to Associate Editor Spencer Davidson, who was writing the cover story. Did the merger mean that they would soon be riding in newer, cleaner cars? Would the schedules be more reliable? Conductors less surly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Jan. 26, 1968 | 1/26/1968 | See Source »

...legal vacuum cleaner," agrees Georgetown's William Greenhalgh, "but only if misused." Ultimately, it is only the potential for misuse that disturbs most critics. By and large, prosecutors have not gravely abused their potent weapon, perhaps out of fear of provoking judges to limit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: The Meaning of Conspiracy | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

...whirling spherical typeheads of IBM electric typewriters; it clarifies the complexities of a jukebox and explains the coin tester that automatically rejects slugs by weighing, measuring and magnetically testing the metallic makeup of every coin that drops into the slot. It not only describes how a home vacuum cleaner functions but also spells out the difference between less expensive and higher-quality machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

...treated so that the worst thing a cigarette ember can do is burn a hole. If that happens, the pillow is unhooked and a $5 spare substituted. Those with weak lungs can inflate the cushion by attaching it to a hair dryer or the exhaust opening of a vacuum cleaner. Mass Art's next project is a kit of inflatable chairs, sofas, and tables that can furnish an entire living room but be packed into a crate 5 ft. on a side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Pop Goes the Plastic | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

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