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...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 »

...Bacon continues to hold back the pressing armies of bad government while leading Chicago to a better, cleaner life. If he is scarred by the bomb scare, the tension of often being close to losing his job, and the continuous personal criticism, he does not outwardly show it. All he has to say to the problems his personality creates is "We don't have any solution but to get to work before seven and quite after six to allow time for this silliness and our real business...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Sert Will Retire In 1969 as Dean Of Design School | 10/7/1967 | See Source »

...that, Ladbroke's sometimes goes to the cleaner's itself. Four years ago, when an unusually severe winter cold snap snuffed out sports events for eleven weeks running, the books closed with a chilly $80,000 annual profit. As a hedge against such disasters, Ladbroke's bankrolled a new casino and hotel complex (run by Sheraton) on Malta. Completed only last July, it is already returning a steady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Business: Making Book on a Sure Thing | 9/29/1967 | See Source »

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