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...jets de Guerre. Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art opened a "Useful Objects in Wartime" exhibit. Featured: baking pans made of paper, a cornhusk doormat, an open-top hamper-cart for the free wheeling of groceries, a plastic sink stopper, a felt eyeglass case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patterns | 12/14/1942 | See Source »

Dunster House, perennial doormat of the House football league, pulled an early surprise yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field by holding the Adams Gold Coasters, 1941 titleholders, to a scoreless tie. On another gridiron, the Leverett Business got off on the right foot with an 8 to 0 decision over Lowell House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNSTER TIES ADAMS HOUSE | 10/17/1942 | See Source »

Dean Academy proved a fine doormat for the last stand of the Jayvees. Although the prepaters had complied a record of 17 consecutive victories, they found college opposition too tough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stahl to Join Varsity Staff; Jayvee Squad Abandoned | 10/10/1942 | See Source »

...Britain's only uneasiness about the defense of the Singapore area last week was that the U.S. Fleet was not there. Even without it, Singapore (like Suez, which was also split away from its complementary force at Gibraltar) looked like anything but a doormat with Welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: The Way to Singapore | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

...months Harold Ickes had worn down the White House doormat, trotting in & out with pleas, arguments, documents, plans and maps showing how much more economically, honestly, efficiently the projects could be managed if he could be the sole manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER: Ickes v. Norris | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

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