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...gets a hand-made pine rack lined with small jars of herbs would probably prefer aspirin. A camel's hair bathrobe at upwards of $100.00 not only would represent its North African parents after falling to the floor a couple of times, but would also be no more happily received than half its weight in Camel's. As a book, "Sporting Architecture" is, to Harvard men, worth only the number of Hymarxes if can be traded...

Author: By Joan Mopartlin, | Title: Importance of Other Sex Clouds Yuletide Spirit | 12/16/1947 | See Source »

With Steve Davin, George Hauptfuhrer, and Bill Prior providing the height necessary to control the backboards and Chip Gannon holding Jumbo scoring ace Spud Shapire to five points, the Crimson bounced back to rack up its third win in four starts after trailing 24 to 29 shortly after the start of the second half...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Grapplers Sweep Mats Clean, 28-0, As Five Snares Snappy 53-42 Win | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

Fallen Angel. In Seattle, absent-minded John P. Angel drove his car into a service station, stepped out, discovered too late that he was eight feet aloft on a grease rack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 13, 1947 | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

...from the Book of Common Prayer of England's Edward VI, who died in 1553: "We heartily pray Thee to send Thy Holy Spirit into the hearts of them that possess the grounds and pastures of the earth, that they, remembering themselves to be Thy tenants, may not rack or stretch out the rents of their houses or lands, nor yet take unreasonable fines or money after the manner of covetous worldlings, but so to let them out that the inhabitants thereof may be able to pay their rents and to live and nourish their families and remember...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Landlord's Chance | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...Public hanging from the "coat rack" gallows, allowing 30 executions at the same time. These scenes were photographed, published as postcards, and issued to German soldiers. The caption read: "This is how trees blossom in Serbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Progress Report (Mid-Century) | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

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