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Jane Greenwood's costumes suit the time and place nicely. Maggie even puts on dress stockings with seams, which are all but impossible to find in these days of seamless hose. The lines require, however, that Brick wear a pair of white silk pajamas; what he wears sure isn't silk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Williams's 'Cat' Revised and Revived | 7/26/1974 | See Source »

...When he moved to Washington, Nixon bought a hose for $41,000. To whom did Nixon agree not to sell the house...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg and Tom Lee, S | Title: The Know-Your-President-Warts-and-All Quiz | 5/28/1974 | See Source »

...process by which airborne fiber levels are measured is, unfortunately, enormously time-consuming. It requires the use of a complex air pumping device which, attached to a worker's belt, draws air through a hose connected to a filter pinned to his lapel. But even if measurement is taken over a two or three-hour period, it may not reflect the full extent of contamination, since the most dense exposure may occur only once a day or less when the substance is poured from shipping sacks into mixing bins, for example, generating huge plumes of dust...

Author: By John G. Freund and Eric B. Rothenberg, S | Title: The Asbestos Labyrinth | 5/22/1974 | See Source »

Both clubs played sloppy ball for three-and-three-quarter hours, but made it close by exchanging the lead five times and pursuing an outcome for 11 innings. The final bungle belonged to the Hose, though, as Doug Griffin gave a run to the Birds in the top of the 11th with a two-base throwing error...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Weiss Up | 4/13/1974 | See Source »

...Surprisingly, so are Chaplin's assaults on witch hunting. His King be comes the protector of a precocious waif (played by Chaplin's son Michael) whose parents refuse to testify before a congressional committee. The King breaks up the deliberations of the com mittee with a fire hose that unfunnily goes out of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Deposed Monarch | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

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