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...aware of it when a colleague who made a large number of house calls complained that he suffered from leg pains while sitting in the confining bucket seat of his sports car. Gould could find no obvious cause of the discomfort but noticed that the doctor carried a bulging wallet in his hip pocket. He speculated that the wallet might be pressing against the sciatic nerve and suggested that the physician remove it. When he did, his pain disappeared. Gould's theory was confirmed when he developed the same ailment. Golfer Gould's habit of carrying golf balls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Back-Pocket Blues | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...posed for his picture, the President went through his wallet and tossed something into a wastebasket: it was his draft card, which he had carried throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORY: F.D.R.'s Conspiracy of Silence | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

...hotels had been reserved far in advance, so that I had little choice but to join the crowd sleeping in the park located next to the bullring. I unrolled my sleeping bag and arranged my sweater into a makeshift pillow. I took off my pants, which contained my wallet, passport, traveller's checks, and train pass, and put them into my knapsack, which I placed a half-foot from my head. The wine had made my head heavy, and I was out like a light. Around 4:30 a.m. I awoke with a start and, after, shaking my head...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: The Bell Tolls for Thee | 8/6/1974 | See Source »

Prices may seem high at first glance, but your taste buds will overrule your wallet by a longshot. The people are unusually friendly, and Underdog's pinball prices are lower than most places in the Square. (It also has the distinction of having a copy of Outer Space, undoubtedly the best machine ever made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Glutton's Guide to the Square | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...after their wives have gone to bed. They show up, eye the girls, but are robbed, along with everyone else, when four masked men hit the place. The rest of the movie deals with the contortive lengths Cosby and Poitier go to to retrieve Poitier's wallet, which contains, as it turns out, a winning raffle ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No Show | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

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