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...Studebaker convertible waiting at the curb. That he had designed too-along with all the Studebakers since the war-and thereby helped set a new fashion in automobiles. Loewy's own car had a few special flamboyant frills: a plastic tailfin, a tiny gold grilled air scoop above the emblem on the hood, recessed door handles, porthole windows and other eyecatchers to start pedestrians' tongues awagging with-the name of Studebaker− and Showman Loewy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Up from the Egg | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...ball that broke the batter's nose, then snapped off a second pitch that broke his own arm. In Salem, N.H., the local athletic club lost its biggest game when a black snake slithered out of Shortstop Bruce Magoon's glove just as he was about to scoop up an easy grounder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1949 | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

...Scoop. In Miami, Newspaperman Forest Turnbull was kidnaped, robbed, left bound and gagged by two hoodlums who then called his paper, said they had a good story and told where to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1949 | 8/22/1949 | See Source »

...like a Virginia grass fire. He shot hard and accurate golf to win the Masters Tournament in April, and he was red-hot last week as he stroked his way to the P.G.A. championship at Richmond's Hermitage Country Club. In between times, Sam was warm enough to scoop up seven other prizes, boosting his winnings for the year to $12,610, tops in the trade. Unless something put the fire out he figured to have the biggest of all tournaments, this week's U.S. Open, at his mercy. And all because of a borrowed putter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Case of the Borrowed Putter | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

Yankees' Progress. The newest things in U.S. cars were unveiled this week. Nash had spent about $15 million in development work and retooling for its new "Airflyte" line. The new Nash silhouette is long, wide and low, with a racy air-scoop grille. A single "Uniscope" mounted on the steering column holds the speedometer and other gauges normally on the dashboard. The Nash owner can still sleep in his car, but the new beds can be made up (by lowering the bisected front-seat backrest) into either a single or double bed, without disturbing the rear trunk-compartment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Like Old Times | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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