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...slang, which hovered between Ivy League and street gang, and the clothes, which seemed, like the time, both shapeless and confining. Even the jokes come straight from AIP: "How'd you like a knuckle sandwich?" inquires a hood of a nervous, bespectacled sad sack outside the local hamburger drivein. "No, thanks," says the sad sack. "I'm waiting for a double Chubby Chuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fabulous '50s | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

ITALY'S FIRST SUPERMARKET is doing such a booming business that five new ones will be started in Rome this year. In June Romans will try another U.S. import-Italy's first drivein theater, with space for 560 cars, plus carhop snack service, automatic washing machines to do the laundry while family watches film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Apr. 15, 1957 | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

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