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Published for Pubs. First issued in Brit ain in 1955 by Guinness stout to settle bar bets, the book of mosts quickly became a must for pubs, libraries, schools, and school kids trying to outsmart their teachers. It now rates as Britain's bestselling reference book. Four British editions and one in the U.S. have sold 540,000 copies; soon to appear are French and German editions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Superlative Selection | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

...Honeymoon Machine. An electronic computer helps three young people outsmart the Venice casino in a film that clicks cheerfully to a silly conclusion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Aug. 25, 1961 | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

...which might also be titled Father Knows Nothing, presents the comic with the excavated face as a bumbler named Potter who is trapped in the customary format: Harassed Man Beaten Down by Wife, Three Daughters, Mother-in-Law. In the opening episode, Ewell could find no better way to outsmart his spendthrift women than closing his bank account and ruining his own credit. For those who may have tuned out early, the women were all set to start spending again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The New Shows | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

...feeding solids and cereals to infants. Consisting of a transparent plastic tube with a plunger on one end that pushes food through to a nipple on the other end. the Infa-Feeder is designed to eliminate the usual messiness associated with infant feeding time. But it will probably not outsmart babies really determined to plaster their faces with food. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 23, 1957 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...area. But the truth is that any surplus production avoided in wheat is turning up in rye, oats, grain sorghums or other crops, as farmers put their idle acreage into uncontrolled crops. One thing the soil bank once more proved was that, barring police-state controls, farmers will always outsmart bureaucrats. This year, for example, most farmers gave the soil bank their poorest acres, keeping their best for their price-supported crops. This was legal, if the payment reflected the poor quality of the land. Often it did not. Many farmers plowed up pastureland and planted crops, offsetting any production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOIL BANK: A $700 Million Failure? | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

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