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...Timer Graham was looking for small-time football. "I want to win as much as anyone," he said. "I even want to beat my wife at croquet. But football should be fun-even for the coach. It may sound corny, but I believe that line about 'it doesn't matter who wins or loses-it's how you play the game...
...Alarm. A bed that wakes the sleeper in the morning by raising him to a sitting position was announced by the Simmons Co. Plugged into a clock radio, the motorized bed rises slowly when the timer turns on the radio, TV, coffee percolator and phonograph, can also be raised for nighttime TV watching or meals in bed. Price...
...rare burst of ambition, the Lampoon has challenged an undefeated CRIMSON crew to a one-mile race tomorrow morning. As one old-timer put it, "This is like entering a dredge in the America's Cup race...
Pocket Alarm. A tiny plastic timer attached to a key chain, which can be set to go off in any interval from five minutes to an hour, was put on sale by Jana Enterprises of Ridgewood, NJ. Price...
Though the one who stands to gain most by the jungle of models and gimmicks is the service man, few service men can actually carry all the parts needed to make repairs. Said a Pittsburgh service man called to replace the timer on a 1955 washer: "I've got a whole truckload of timers outside, but not one for your washer...