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...fourth floor of the Department of Athletics, under lock and key, rests an infamous roulette wheel which Tom Bolles & Co. twirl three times a year. Some midnight last December, while the windows were frosted and baseball bats locked in their rack, the black and red went spinning. A gleeful smile, a click, click, click, and six Christmas presents to six varsity coaches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/22/1955 | See Source »

That's about it. You now have the key to success in your hands and it has sprung open many a Yale lock. (Thanks...

Author: By D. CARNEGIE (cor-neg-ic), | Title: Here It Is! | 3/19/1955 | See Source »

...stop until he can debunk the goodness and glory of God. In a final episode, an old man sits reading the Bible by the light of a solitary lamp. A young sharper (not the confidence-man) exposes the old man's imperfect faith by selling him a lock and a money belt, and giving him a counterfeit-detector as a bonus. The confidence-man gently chides the old fellow, "since in Providence, as in man, you and I equally put trust." "Let me extinguish this lamp," he says, and as he leads the old man off into the darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Misanthrope | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...mile-and the Flamingo is a mile and an eighth. Most of the smart money has already decided that Nashua has the stamina, the Boston Doge is a front runner who will fade in the last long furlong. To most of the paddock prophets it looked like a lock. "But don't forget," one of them hedged, "once, they even beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Drama at Flamingo Lake | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

Briefcase Tape Recorder. A battery-operated magnetic tape recorder that is built into an average-sized leather briefcase and weighs less than 12 Ibs. has been put on the market by Manhattan's Amplifier Corp. of America. The recorder, operated by touching a combination lock and switch, can pick up whispers at 12 ft. and ordinary speech at 100 ft. It provides recording for 1½ hours. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 28, 1955 | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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