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...suburb, and raises their ten-year-old daughter in a three-bedroom aluminum prefab. Before returning to the U.S. on leave last spring after two years in Kuwait, Mrs. Jackson had been longing to enjoy 1) a reunion with her relatives, 2) a head of fresh lettuce, 3) a quart of sweet milk, in that order. After a few weeks in the U.S. she found herself longing to return to Kuwait. "We have bridge parties here and there's a woman's club that meets every other week," she says. "There's a dance every Thursday night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SIX KINGDOMS OF OIL: THE PERSIAN GULF STRIKES IT RICH | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...used for wiring insulation and as curtains and drapes. Three years ago a glass fishing rod was put on the market; now 10 million glass poles are in use. Boeschenstein knows how to advertise his products. In a "roving revue" the stars were an unbaked cherry pie, a quart of ice cream and a pot of hot coffee. The ice cream (wrapped in glass wool) and the pie (unwrapped) were put in an oven; the coffee pot (wrapped) in a refrigerator. When removed, the pie was baked, the ice ream still hard, the coffee still steaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: The Glass Scramble | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...Killer. A floor wax that kills bugs and crawling insects but is harmless to humans was announced nationally by the Freewax Corp. of Tallahassee, Fla. Price per quart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 18, 1952 | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...drinks on the house after it acquitted him of drunkenness, even though five cops swore that Barnes had taken one too many before he tried, with a hammer, chisel and ice tongs, to steal the old City Hall's 800-lb. cornerstone, which was rumored to contain a quart of 1884 whisky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 24, 1951 | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

...Adams House resident told the CRIMSON that the reasons for the operation were "fun and low cost." He explained that it cost only 25 cents to brew a quart of liquor twice as powerful as a $5 quart of a commercial brand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Revenuers End Probe on Stills | 11/21/1951 | See Source »

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