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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rooming house beat a mile for comfort," she said, "and it's a sight cheaper." She kept a change of clothes in a warehouse, freshened up in public toilets, lived on vegetables and fruit, always paid her full fare ($7.14 a week). "I don't sleep as well in a bed," she explained. "The rolling motion of a streetcar is very conducive to sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Americana | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

Tetsuro Furugaki, president of the Broadcasting Corp. of Japan, explained that Terebi would go off the air at 9 o'clock each evening "so that it won't interfere with children's sleep. In other countries, I have seen many households disrupted because children wanted to stay up and watch TV. The development and education of children is our main concern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Terebi Jidai | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

Perchance to Dream ... In Houston, Merrick Gillory, suing for divorce, charged that he couldn't sleep at night because his wife slept with a butcher knife under her pillow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

After a long evening at the horn, Jazzman Mulligan finds he is too keyed up by 2 a.m. to sleep, so he stays up until 6 writing new tunes and arrangements. Next Mulligan objective: an enlarged band and a nationwide tour. "I've got to keep moving. I've got to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Counterpoint Jazz | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Coin-Operated Mattress. In Denver, the Gyramatic Co. began sale of a plug-in gyrating mattress for use in hotels. By depositing 25? in a coin slot, the weary traveler gets 30 minutes of soothing movement, which is supposed to quiet nerves, massage away aches & pains and bring sleep. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 2, 1953 | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

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