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...fiftyish, big, blonde and blowy. In California, where she came from, she told her friends she had invented a portable headrest called the "Sunap." It came in two models-blue canvas for men, imitation white leather for women. Another of Mom's gadgets was a "nonslip grater" which could be locked to the side of a chopping bowl. It was guaranteed not to shred fingers along with the carrots. Mom had a hard time marketing the grater. "Everyone liked it, dearie," she explained, "but shortage of tin-you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Teardrops' Yield | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

...head to the north. Most of the mummy and its wrappings had disintegrated, but the head was well preserved. With the skeleton were bracelets, anklets, two necklaces of gold and a copper girdle, a gold headdress with streamers of copper and gold. Atop the sarcophagus was an ala baster headrest, shaped like a crescent moon on a pedestal (see cut). Professor Hassan found four sculptured gold fingers, searched for six more gold fingers and ten gold toes. Director John A. Wilson of Chicago's rich Oriental Institute called Chephren's daughter, "one of the best finds in recent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

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