Word: muffler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Miss Radcliffe will receive a Parker Pen and Pencil set from the Coop; a sweater from Corcorans'; jewelry from the Upper Story; an LP record from Minute-Man Radio Shop; a Harvard muffler from J. August; a print from the Behn-Moore Gallery; and a permanent free pass to the Brattle Theatre...
When the scarf reaches ten feet, it is an easy step to twenty feet, and from there to thirty feet, and so on. Many people could own the same scarf and wear it at the same time, as a turban, sarong, or plain old muffler. And particularly crafty young men would buy one scarf, then cut it into two or three equal or unequal sections for presentation to their current lady friends. Interesting sidelights would be scarf bundling parties and scarf rides. It certainly looks like the "More Than Six Footer" is a good thing and is here to stay...
...Truck Muffler. A muffler designed to cut down truck exhaust noises was brought out by GMC Truck & Coach Division. The new mufflers are larger, use heavier metal and larger exhaust pipes and have a reverse-flow system. They will be standard equipment on new GMC trucks...
...Quantico, Va. last week, the Marine Corps showed off its new Mighty Mite a pint-size cousin of the wartime jeep (40 inches shorter and 1,300 lbs. lighter) The spunky little auto has no muffler (the tubular frame acts as one) and no axles (each wheel is independently sprung), and can plow through knee-deep mud, ford streams, hit 45 m.p.h. on a level highway, climb an 87% grade and be airlifted by helicopter. The Marines have ordered ten Mites powered by 65-h.p. Lycoming air-cooled engines, from Mid-America Research Corp. of Wheatland...
...proceedings are as lightheaded as they are lighthearted. Because the castle is in such an appalling state of disrepair and lacks central heating, Ermyntrude has to haunt it in a muffler. But the other characters pay little attention to her. "A nice little thing," observes one of them, "but rather pale." Castle in the Air is a nice little thing, too, and anything but pale...