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Most professors engaged in research projects are doomed to see them gather dust for years on library shelves. At best they may receive the plaudits of their fellow specialists, but seldom if ever do they live to see their work applied to the progress of society.

Author: By J.anthony Lukas, | Title: Gluecks' Study of 500 Juvenile Delinquents Determines Root Causes of Criminal Behavior | 4/11/1952 | See Source »

In a note issued throughout the Greater Boston area, the Boston Distributing Company, agents for Signet and Mentor pocketbooks, advised all merchants to remove all copies of Farrell's "A World I Never Made" from their shelves.

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Dealers 'Advised' To Take Farrell Book Off Stands | 3/28/1952 | See Source »

Unofficial reports point to the state police and Daniel I. Murphy. Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Safety, as the group responsible for the action. A Harvard Square bookseller told the CRIMSON yesterday that a police official had been scouring his shelves for copies of Farrell's book. Both Cambridge and Boston...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Dealers 'Advised' To Take Farrell Book Off Stands | 3/28/1952 | See Source »

The thrifty townsfolk are quick to keep pace with the changing season. Even as the first buds peep from the ashen skin of the lofty Ginkgoes, so too do hints of color invade the once-barren display cases of the tiny shops and marts. Bright-hued apparel and shiny trinklets...

Author: By Peter J. Lorand, | Title: 1952 Female Fashions Run Hog-Wild | 3/26/1952 | See Source »

Supermarket. Goody has no salesmen and no listening-booths in his huge store, only self-serve shelves and a big directory in front, telling where everything can be found. Three adding-machine operators check out the customers, as in a supermarket. He now does 60% of his entire business by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Bargain Man | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

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