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...cold around Harvard, so objects like ear muffs, gloves, wool scarves, and mittens are good. Some women prefer clothes with more style, such as French gloves and nylon lingerie, but any female in her right mind will accept and appreciate a pair of stockings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson's Handy Shoppers' Guide Tells What to Buy for Him Her | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...equipment can be produced, and for the man who wants only four A's for Christmas, you might make a slight gesture in the form of an alarm clock. The guy who is looking for a blond may find that he will cut a much gayer figure in a nylon shirt, a suede or plaid vest and a new hat. All this apparel is filling up a lot of women's Christmas lists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Like Ford Convertibles But Usually Get Cuff Links | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

They used nylon ropes and mountain-climbing methods to assist them, and planned to reach the lower roof, cross to the tower, which they would then climb and adorn with whitewashed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Invaders Are Punished by Yale | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...five years of testing and observation, Drs. John G. Kuhns and Theodore A. Potter of the Robert Breck Brigham Memorial Hospital made the first public demonstration of a better way to restore mobility to arthritic knees. Drs. Kuhns and Potter had finally found a satisfactory material that would last: nylon membrane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Nylon on the Knee | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...after unsuccessful tests with muscle tissue, cellophane, and finally metal bone-end coverings, the doctors tried nylon. In the 20 knee operations they have performed with nylon wrap-ups (called arthroplasty), every patient was able to walk again within three weeks. Only one failed to regain painless knee movement (because of a faulty blood supply, rather than any fault in the operation). Of the 19 others, ten have fully regained "normal range of motion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Nylon on the Knee | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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