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...first awakes the residents to the fact that they are living in a communal building. In addition, fire regulations forbid the Cliffite to smoke or cook in her room, thus forcing her to take cigarette and coffee breaks with her fellows in her floor smoker or kit-chenette...
...SPARE TIRE, almost small enough to fit in glove compartment, will be brought out by Gates Rubber Co. Tire, which will last 1,000 miles, works like inner tube. After pulling flat tire from wheel, motorist loops Gates tire around rim, inflates it with carbon dioxide gas bottle in kit. Gates thinks tire will be boon to sportscar drivers who are cramped for luggage space...
...Peterborough who would need cars? Students would use horses in the summer, sleighs in the winter, and anyhow there are no roads. Why worry about building new houses in Peterborough? A few poles, some canvas, and a piece of string would provide students with a "Do it yourself house kit." In addition, the entire question of emergency evacuation would be removed...
...cold morning after Minnesota's presidential primary, Adlai Stevenson rose early at his farm near Libertyville, Ill., stuffed his shaving kit and a pair of pajamas into his briefcase, hurried downstairs and left a penciled note for a house guest. "Sorry I had no chance to visit with you," he wrote, "but I must go into town and get to work. We've just begun to fight!-Yours, A.E.S...
...unmapped country where Indians were apt at any time to take the warpath, Frémont persisted in carrying out his mission to the letter. When the Indians tried to use bluff, he bluffed back, and won. He won and kept for a lifetime the regard of Kit Carson and other mighty mountain men-proof enough that he had the courage and frontier skills to go with his looks and brains...