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...pair of scientists is its easy acceptance by the Times and the times. Two practical-minded men are deciding when the human race can be wiped out; one says in a few years, the other claims it will take much longer. The important decision seems to have been mislaid: "Could the Human Race be Smart Enough to Prevent the Use of a Hydrogen-Cobalt Bomb...
Chief Randall's office, however, aims to please, No efforts are spared in tracking down the owner of mislaid merchandise who is then notified of his carelessness through a polite postcard...
Nothing was found on the girls, who were the only ones left in Briggs on Thursday, and nobody tried to cash the check at a bank. Head resident Mrs. Mason Garfield called the whole thing a false alarm and guessed that the check "had probably blown away or been mislaid...
Oversight. In Harlingen, Tex., E. N. Foster apologized for mistakenly reporting that thieves had carried off his 800-lb. boiler: he later found it mislaid in a closet...
...appointment. The average sale: $5,000. Winston also turns out engagement rings which Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. sells for as little as $37.50, and makes jewels for some 750 U.S. retail stores. Winston keeps track of every gem in his store at all times. If a single stone is mislaid, no one leaves at night until it is found. Winston himself has never been robbed. But he still follows his insurance brokers' advice and refuses to let newspapers and magazines snap his picture...