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...these books, Cozzens not only searched himself, but researched his subjects with immense care. For The Just and the Unjust he haunted the nearby Doylestown courthouse (it reappears in By Love Possessed), devoured legal tomes, listened to the shoptalk of the lawyers, finally became so adept that he was stumping" them on abstruse points of law. An Air Force general proofread Guard of Honor for boners, found not a single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Hermit of Lambertville | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

...hitherto weather-beaten and windburned farmer is promised with the coming of a tractor that is air-conditioned in summer, heated in winter. The experimental tractor, its cab encased in glass and steel, was displayed by its inventor. J. F. Schaffhausen, of Cockshutt Farm Equipment. Inc., in Doylestown, Pa. Sparing the farmer from the seasons, says Schaffhausen, will reduce fatigue and boost his life expectancy, save him an annual bad weather loss of $1,000 and 30 working days. If brisk demand develops, Cockshutt will mass-produce the tractor, sell it for about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 3, 1956 | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

Shorn. In Doylestown, Pa., Charles Messantonio was sentenced to a year in jail for stealing and cashing checks after his attorney pleaded in court: "His family always considered him a black sheep, and that's the name he's lived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 31, 1954 | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

...Wanted" poster, and told the whole story. Yet no one spotted the fugitive and his captive. Irwin hocked Gilbert's watch and the engagement ring for $15, and forced the girl into a bus. Irwin grew confidential again. He was going to rob a rich uncle in Doylestown, Pa. and "give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Crime | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

Playwright George S. Kaufman, 59 (Of Thee I Sing, You Can't Take It with You), and British-born Actress Leueen MacGrath, 34, who played the friendly secretary in the Mayfair, Broadway and movie versions of Edward, My Son, applied for a marriage license in Doylestown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: That Old Feeling | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

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