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...Crews introduced a bill to prohibit airplanes from flying over Florida-if they had flush toilets.* &3182;The American Automobile Association, perturbed by the regularity with which pedestrians were colliding with their member cars, hopefully set out to popularize tail lights for the man in the street. The lights, two-inch plastic reflectors, come in red, orange or yellow, can be worn on the wrist, on a handbag or pinned to clothing-preferably just above the rear bumper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, May 26, 1947 | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

...Atomic Burial Vault, a two-inch wall of concrete completely inner-lined with lead, is in the process of manufacture, and within a few weeks will be in stock, ready for interment when the occasion arises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 7, 1947 | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

Only off the boat for three days, Jany, an accountant in the swimming off-season, did a little exhibition swimming last week at the Easterns in New Haven when he ripped off a 51-second hundred and a 50-yard freestyle in well under 23 seconds. The six foot two-inch, 210-pounder is at present staying at Lowell with John Watkins, captain of the swimming team, and will train in the Block-house pool till he leaves for Ohio Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: World Record Holder From France Trains In Blockhouse's Pool | 3/27/1947 | See Source »

...Macbeth, charged with his dagger, laid on with such vigor that Macbeth was laid up with a five-inch abdominal wound. In Toulon, France, Baritone Fernand Lagarde, carried away by the third act stabbing scene in Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles, was carried offstage with a two-inch abdominal wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 17, 1947 | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

BOLT ELWELL, seasoned by two years of experience, has been one of the defensive giants in the Eli's campaign this fall. The six-foot two-inch 205 pounder always turns in a steadily solid performance flanking the five-man Eli defensive line...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Biographies in Blue | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

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