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...line of undies called THUNDERWEAR for those who like their firearms up close and personal. Just tuck your gun into the secret pocket. (You can choose from various pocket sizes depending on whether you're slinging a .44 magnum or a mere "Saturday-night special.") In China, meanwhile, inventor Zhao Xin attempted suicide because of the failure of CHASTITY UNDERWEAR, which guarantees fidelity through a built-in combination lock. Zhao never got a patent approved, and perhaps it's just as well. Honey, I forgot the combination...
...began its life as an intelligence test, which its makers believed measured innate mental ability. Carl Brigham, the test's inventor, was part of the team that developed the Army intelligence tests during World War I; the first SAT was an adapted version of that test. Henry Chauncey, the founding president of the Educational Testing Service, and his boss during his previous job as an assistant dean at Harvard in the 1930s and '40s, James Bryant Conant, chose the SAT as an admissions test because Conant saw it as an IQ test. In those days, high school was a relatively...
Razor Kickback Scooter company--whose products strongly resemble patents issued to Ginger inventor Dean Kamen--instructed its employees not to talk to the press regarding recent developments...
According to Greek mythology, Daedalus was an Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos--and then craftily escaped the island by fastening wings to his back. Although it makes for a great story and an even better name, the connection between the Greek myth and the newest bar-restaurant in the Square simply does not hold. Who would want to fly away from the luxury of Cambridge's newest venture into fine decor, dining and imbibing...
...began its life as an intelligence test, which its makers believed measured innate mental ability. Carl Brigham, the test's inventor, was part of the team that developed the Army intelligence tests during World War I; the first SAT was an adapted version of that test. Henry Chauncey, the founding president of the Educational Testing Service, and his boss during his previous job as an assistant dean at Harvard in the 1930s and '40s, James Bryant Conant, chose the SAT as an admissions test because Conant saw it as an IQ test. In those days, high school was a relatively...