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...field of plants, Professor Paul C. Mangelsdorf has recently developed a custom-built corn for New England gardens and named it the Dwarf Harvard Hybrid. The corn, now on the market, is ideally suited to New England gardens and climate. Mangelsdorf's hybrid corns are proving revolutionary for the world's food supply...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: Biologists Regulate Rats in Research Lab | 6/15/1949 | See Source »

...Hubert remains undecided about the disposal of: a $3,000 diamond ring and a $1,000 star sapphire; a $2,500 diamond watch; a custom-built $1,000 kitchen ("If it's more modern than mine, I'll take it"); a $425 record library; an ermine jacket, hat and muff; a one-year scholarship to the Berkshire Hills girls school; a $2,850 trip to Paris and Monte Carlo ("I'd rather go somewheres else-like California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The $35,250 Answer | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...Bettelli of Los Angeles put the late Mark Hellinger's armored car up for sale. The automobile, a 1931 Lincoln eight-cylinder, custom-built town sedan, has one-inch bulletproof glass, armored sides and roof, and has a secret machine-gun compartment. The price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...Custom-built guided missiles"?! Well, cut my trousers off and call me Buck Rogers! JACK J. JONES Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 25, 1948 | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

...difficulty in seeing over the hood. Slanting rear windows looked pretty but they collected snow in winter. Almost all the new cars were bigger or more powerful than their earlier prototypes; they rode easier, had a faster pickup and greater speed. Compared to prewar models they looked like custom-built guided missiles. What was worrying their owners was the job of keeping them that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: The Bridegroom's Lament | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

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