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Like most Americans, Engineer Hans Goldschmidt knew that one of the quickest ways to make a fortune is to invent a new gadget or machine. Unlike most Americans, who never get beyond the daydreaming stage, Goldschmidt made his daydream come true. His invention: a home power tool that could be used as a lathe, vertical and horizontal drill, sander, saw-and do almost anything else needed for woodworking. Last week Goldschmidt's streamlined new model of the "Shop-smith," the do-it-yourself boom's most versatile power tool, went on display at a do-it-yourself exhibition...
...began: "I'm typing this while flying on a plane from Johannesburg to Accra. Three days ago I was on the east coast of Africa, in Nairobi. To ' go from Nairobi to Accra via Johannesburg may seem like a roundabout way, but actually it's the quickest. To fly straight across would have meant hanging around the Belgian Congo for air connections. There is no good east-west trans-Africa air schedule...
...quickest route to recognition as a campus leader at Colgate, recognition that brings the title Big Man On Campus, is participation in extra-curricular activities. And the marke of having arrived in activities circles is election to the Senior honor society, Konosioni...
Travel facilities to Europe this summer will be extremely crowded. Many steamship reservations are already taken. The quickest and most expensive way to travel abroad is by plane. Flights departing and returning on almost any date are still available with all the major airlines. Experience recommends that you consult a travel agent for details, bookings, and complete tours...
...September 1946, for example, Joe was at his pious best. Asked Correspondent Alexander Werth of the London Sunday Times: "Do you believe that the quickest withdrawal of all American forces in Chi na is vitally necessary for the future of peace?" Replied Stalin (whose Commu nist armies completed their conquest of China three years later) : "Yes, I do." At some dark hour of last week, while the Western world was getting ready for its Christmas, Joe reached into his hopper for the newest question list from...