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...decided to call off the second one. It was too hot under those lights, he complained. Howls of dismay from disappointed televiewers (and NBC's promise to turn up the studio cooling system) changed the old maestro's mind. At concert time, he appeared with no vest, breezed through Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for a fitting finish to his tenth season with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Zoom | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...checked vest legend in Los Angeles is traceable to a promoter named Frank Wiggins, who started the promotion of the city in 1893 with a life-sized elephant made of California walnuts. The elephant made such a hit at the World's Fair in Chicago that Wiggins, as superintendent of exhibits for the budding Chamber, made another one to send around the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEST: Barkers in Blue Serge | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

Statistitchian. In St. Paul, Hjalmar Carlson, a tailor, announced firmly that there are 7,740 stitches in a man's vest, 9,561 in the pants, 29,888 in a coat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 15, 1947 | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

...Vest-Pocket Vesuvius. A hot drink can easily be prepared in a snowstorm with a new pestle-like gadget called the Heatron Stirrer. It has a small cylinder on one end vhich contains a cartridge-like charge. Immersed in liquid, the stirrer gives off enough fumeless heat to bring a cup of water to the boiling point. Price, including six charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Nov. 24, 1947 | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

After presenting an alert M.I.T. team with the tying goal half way through the third period, the Varsity soccer team rallied to eke out a 2 to 1 win in the cloning minutes of the last yeriod yesterday afternoon on Tech's vest-pocket field. Hans Estin, a new center forward, scored both goals for Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Edges Engineers, 2-1 | 10/30/1947 | See Source »

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