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Abstraction. In Seattle, John E. Trimmer told police that he had bolted his apartment door, put $40 in a sock, put the sock on his foot and crawled into bed, next morning woke up to find the sock still on his foot, the $40 missing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

Expert Witness. In Los Angeles, when a holdup man handcuffed Tailor Manuel Hassel and walked off with three pairs of trousers, three pairs of socks and $60 in cash, Hassel refused to panic, later supplied police with the bandit's weight, coat size, waist measurement, shoe and sock sizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...fight, probably the most vicious outburst since the early days of "sock-it-to-'em," broke out among the players after the game. The fight encompassed most of the Brown line plus Bill Meigs. Bernie O'Brien, and John Culver. The last glimpses had Culver with a Bruin in each paw as the coaches and police broke things...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Eleven Ends Desperate Bruin Surge On Goal Line to Win 27-20 Victory | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...athletic repetoire on the steps of the I.A.B., the cheerleaders jumped and gesticulated wildly, and almost five hundred supporters responded lustily. To cries of "We want Clasby!" Coach Lloyd Jordan slouched out of the building and said that "Dick may not go tomorrow, but it will be a real sock it to 'em ball game anyway...

Author: By Edmund H. Harvey, | Title: "A Real Sock It to 'Em" | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Marian's music has never been in the same style as Jimmy's. Although she can sock out a solid Southern jump when she wants to, she prefers the subtler, post-Dixieland style which aims to "feel" the beat instead of landing on it with both feet. Two years ago she formed her own trio, has been touring and .recording (for Savoy) ever since. Pianist McPartland loves it as much as her doting sidewalk superintendents. Her contented sum-up: "It's just not work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Post-Dixieland Piano | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

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