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...possibilities of jobs for the February or June graduate," he continued, "they are a dime a dozen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Many Jobs Await February's Grads | 2/1/1951 | See Source »

...Dime-Store Stuff." Most of the schools Reporter Shannon described had only potbellied or chunk stoves for heating. Most classrooms had only a single naked bulb for lighting, some had no electricity at all. There were gaping holes in both floors and ceilings, broken windowpanes, tattered shades, and only a few pieces ("dime-store stuff") of laboratory equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Over & Over & Over | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

When Prince Igor Troubetzkoy threatened court action to make his wife come home and act like a wife, Dime-Store Heiress Barbara Hutton declared that her fourth husband was no bargain either. Said Barbara from Madrid: "He's one of the cheapest men I've ever met in my life. He only married me for my money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Specialist's Eye | 10/16/1950 | See Source »

...looking for a product that can be made for a dime, sold for a dollar, and is habit forming...

Author: By Paul Sack, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 9/27/1950 | See Source »

...father's urging, plans to take charge of her $30 million. In a jealous swivet, the moll begins throwing things like coffee pots and Jeroboams of champagne, finally throws a couple of slugs into her wayward gunman. Long before that point, enough brutality, bravado and dime-novel sex have been ladled into the killer-hero's life to keep this potboiler simmering merrily along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Sep. 4, 1950 | 9/4/1950 | See Source »

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