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...Dream Rug. For small fry afraid to go to sleep in the dark, Manhattan's Firth Carpet Co. has designed a phosphorescent nursery rug (4 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft.) that absorbs daylight and lamplight, glows for hours after the lights go out. Price: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 27, 1954 | 12/27/1954 | See Source »

...poor boy, it's just a shame and a pity to be away from home on Christmas." She took a swipe at the coffee table then flecked an ash from the rug to the floor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Joy of Giving | 12/16/1954 | See Source »

...measures at Dudley have not transformed it into a house. The complaints range from criticism of the grimy looking walls to condemnation of the entire Center as inadequate. The furniture just inside the front door is a collection of multi-colored leather chairs placed about a large red rug. Before settling down, the commuter must find a place for his coat on an overburdened clothes rack. In the basement, a student is apt to kick his locker rather than struggle with the old lock that opens the way to a minimum of space. Old ping pong tables, a billiard room...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: Commuter's Center: A Home Is No House | 12/14/1954 | See Source »

...time for a trial spin on her broomstick to get in shape for Halloween. Skirting Lowell House, a chance breeze blew her into an open window. As she recovered her balance, a distraught young man leaped to his feet, hastily brushing la little pile of dirt under the rug with his hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toil and Trouble | 10/22/1954 | See Source »

...Excuse me, Madame," he blurted with a polite little bow, "you look just like the maid we had last year, and I thought maybe well, they have endowments for ice-cream and other things, I though that just maybe." He broke down again, and went back to brushing the rug with his hand. Here and there a tear splattered the mock-Persian design...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toil and Trouble | 10/22/1954 | See Source »

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