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...roper's ribs with one kick. The roper races against time: on horseback, he must run down and lasso a charging calf, jump off his horse, wrestle the calf on its side, loop three of its legs with a "pigging string," and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" hitch. Expert ropers can do it all in ten seconds or less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fastest Rope in the West | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

Douglas answered his own question by suggesting the use of a nonslip floor polish. With that, Wisconsin's Bill Proxmire (who hails from the state where Johnson's Wax makes its home) offered to let Douglas use his office for a waxing bee. Few days later, Washington newsmen and TV crews crammed into Proxmire's office to watch a high-speed floor-waxing machine tow the two Senators around the room like water skiers. It all proved, claimed Proxmire breathlessly, that the floors were really nonslip (although his receptionist takes no chances, keeps a pair of sneakers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Great White Goof | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...Packard boosted horsepower from 275 to 310, making its engine the most powerful yet announced. Other features: electric pushbutton shifting, a new nonslip differential for better traction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: New Models | 10/31/1955 | See Source »

...four world capitals, statesmen were strapping on their diplomatic rucksacks, picking their Sherpas and testing their nonslip boots for the hazardous climb to the Parley at the Summit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BIG FOUR: Ready for the Climb | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

...fiftyish, big, blonde and blowy. In California, where she came from, she told her friends she had invented a portable headrest called the "Sunap." It came in two models-blue canvas for men, imitation white leather for women. Another of Mom's gadgets was a "nonslip grater" which could be locked to the side of a chopping bowl. It was guaranteed not to shred fingers along with the carrots. Mom had a hard time marketing the grater. "Everyone liked it, dearie," she explained, "but shortage of tin-you know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Teardrops' Yield | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

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