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Word: clicker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...rosary clicker is as yet a primitive machine which must be worked by hand; the possibilities of electrifying its action, amplifying the clicks, inserting Hydra-Matic shift between the decades and possibly embellishing it with a cigar lighter modeled into the image of a favorite saint, these open wide if appalling vistas to the religious gadgeteer . . . The wedding of piety and jewelry . . . with St. Christopher money clips, St. Anthony key chains, Miraculous Medal bracelets, etc., may have something to recommend it, but we fail to see what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Down with Gadgetry | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

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