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...Rut. In San Francisco, when a youthful gunman walked into his store. Liquor Store Operator Thomas Lagios groaned: "Oh. no. not again' was told: "Yeah, again." by the bandit, who cleaned the cash register of $64, ordered Lagios into a back room where he piled ten cases of beer on top of him-for the second time in two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 15, 1952 | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

...stag to his death. The most effective device, the bleater, is a small rubber squeezer, ball-shaped and equipped with stops. Properly manipulated, the bleater emits a "pia" like the cry of a newborn roe; it also trills a realistic "fiep," simulating the call of a doe in rut. The bleater instruction sheet suggests that the hunter render the fiep with "trembling hands," then promptly swing his gun to his shoulder and brace himself for the charge of a romantic roebuck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Afternoon of a Roebuck | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

...rehash of The Mature Mind. Entitled "Equipment for Maturing," it might be subtitled "First Aid for the Ego." Twisted into neurotic shapes by parents, bosses and competitive tensions, the modern ego is forever ailing, Overstreet suggests. The big trouble is that modern man is in an introspective rut. The cure: "We must, so to speak, go beyond ourselves in order to find ourselves . . . Mental unhealth ... is to be overcome by the overcoming of faulty interpersonal relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mental Pushups | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...lieutenant is responsible for the death of the sergeant's brother in a prewar trucking accident. For run-of-the-movie-mill romance, there are a couple of shapely Red Cross workers and a busty mademoiselle. All in all, Red Ball Express often bogs down in a dramatic rut when it should be rolling along in high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 16, 1952 | 6/16/1952 | See Source »

...Rut. In El Paso, Plumber Bruce Steele, 72, got married for the 17th time, explained: "Can I help it if I appeal to women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 10, 1952 | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

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