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...will be working twice as hard to develop new gadgets for the whole house. And some day Betty Furness might appear on color TV to say: "Now I want to show you the toaster that butters the bread, the range that washes the pans, and this wonderful electrically-powered crib that rocks the baby back to sleep if he cries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Atomic-Power Men | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

Would you help us, too? When your readers send their Christmas cards this year, why not Send one showing the crib at Bethlehem? When they decorate their tree they could set up a crib under it. Then when Christmas Day comes, they can go to church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 15, 1952 | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...which are set at such an angle that no one has much trouble peeking over his neighbor's shoulder. This should scare no one. If the Registrar assigns to Burr only courses which deal in imprecise, general topics, unlike Calculus or Physics, no examgoer will have time enough to crib anything worth the risk involved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bright Hope | 9/30/1952 | See Source »

...took off from there, trumpeting that the Republicans had voted down a bill to provide Government warehouse space. "If the corn farmers had stopped to think, they'd have known that they never did put their corn in Government warehouses," said Hope. "They usually put it in a crib at home and got a loan on it ... It was one of the biggest political hoaxes in history." There was, in fact, some scratching for storage space, but the hue & cry was exaggerated, and the Democrats harvested many a farmer's vote with the fear technique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Powerful Paradox | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

With the Crimson only two points up going into the last five minutes. Bill Dennis put on one of his patented dribbling shows to freeze the ball. The over-anxious Terriers pressed too hard and left Dennis and Blodnick uncovered under the basket for easy crib shots, clinching the game in the last minute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Team Trims B.U., 54-48 | 2/27/1952 | See Source »

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