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...closing the trunk, and looking at his car) Sure, what the hell. This thing will probably be here all winter anyway. (They walk...

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: Street Scene | 1/14/1958 | See Source »

...haven't. (pause) Say, I've got a nice new pair of chains in the trunk. Wife gave them to me for Christmas. Would you like to see them...

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: Street Scene | 1/14/1958 | See Source »

Pass: I think I would at that. (The man gets out of his car, and the two go around the car, open the trunk, and examine the chains...

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: Street Scene | 1/14/1958 | See Source »

...this direction. Because it was a single curve it was certain to be deforming-many scoliosis cases have two curves, one right and one left like a letter S, which cancel each other out and leave a good balance, with no worse effect than a shortening of the trunk. And Margie's case was severe. Special Surgery doctors grade cases by a technique developed by one of their leading scoliosis specialists. Dr. John R. Cobb; with a protractor, applied to the top and bottom vertebrae of the curve on the X ray, they measure the total deviation from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Role of the Turtle | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

Metal Spare Tire. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has developed a flat, rubber-rimmed metal spare tire that takes up little room in the trunk, can easily be bolted on the hub over a flat tire by raising the wheel off the pavement with a jack. The motorist can drive as far as 100 miles on the tire at speeds of up to 45 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Dec. 23, 1957 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

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