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...idea worked fine; 1,500 watches were sold in a day. But the plan made no friends among jewelers. Waltham tried to placate them by authorizing them to clean out their stocks of Walthams at half-price, too. But the jewelers still complained. The price-cutting was playing hob with their business just before graduation, normally their best watch-selling season...
...hundred of the nation's best golfers shivered and pulled on wool mittens between shots. It was hardly the weather they had expected for the $15,000 Los Angeles Open, played down the sleek Riviera Country Club course. High winds raised hob with tee shots, and one afternoon came bursts of hail and sleet-and then snow. Defending Champ Ben Hogan (TIME, Jan. 10) started off as badly as the weather, and got worse...
Each applicant fills out a detailed form explaining his special talents, his free hours, his employment preferences, and sundry other details. Then Holt calls upon his store of contacts to find a hob that will fit the applicant's particular idiosyncrasies, or if none is forthcoming, files the application away until a suitable job shows...
Miss Margaret Witt, assistant to the Counsellor for Veterans, said yesterday that a manpower shortage in the Boston finance division of the Veterans Administration has been playing hob with the mailing of checks. Her office wants to know how many Harvard men have been affected...
...department. His employer (Maureen O'Hara) regards him as a harmless old lunatic and her grimly progressive little girl (Natalie Wood) is sure he is an outright fraud. Kris stakes his earthly failure or success on winning them over to the faith. Meanwhile he raises hob with the Christmas-rush spirit by directing customers to rival stores, whenever Macy's merchandise is not exactly what they want...