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...relationship with Crosley; that he had taken Crosley, his wife and baby into the Hisses' house for a few days; that he sublet his apartment to Crosley but never received any rent from him; that he had let him use his old Ford roadster "with a sassy little trunk on the back"; that he had probably taken Crosley along on one of his trips to New York. They asked Hiss about his hobbies. Ornithology was one, Hiss said. He remembered how once he had seen a prothonotary warbler-on the banks of the Potomac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Case of Alger Hiss | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...room, renovated from a trunk storeroom, was refurnished over Christmas vacation by two Architecture concentrators, Donald J. Clark '50 and Harold T. Wadsworth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Gets TV Set | 1/28/1950 | See Source »

When 20-year-old Alice Morrison unpacked her Saratoga trunk in her tiny room at the Vineland (N.J.) Training School in 1900, she had a sinking sensation. The silent, halting students she had just seen were far different from the kind she had been taught to cope with at the New Hampton (N.H.) Literary and Biblical Institution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: 50 Years of Small Victories | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

...horsepower foreign engine such as Italy's Fiat. Depending on the horsepower, the N.X.I, would go 35 to 50 miles on a gallon, have a top speed of 60 to 70 m.p.h., and cost $950 to $1,000. The car has no trunk compartment (baggage is stored behind the seat) and no fancy chrome trimmings; the hood, fender and front bumper are a single unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: $1,000 Car? | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

Author Firbank also had his moments of practical horse sense, such as they were. He always, for instance, packed a large quantity of good Welsh coal in his traveling trunk, as a precaution against inclement weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Perfect Dear | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

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