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Back on May 3, while seated at the kitchen table, having a midnight snack, I took out my wallet, gave my wife her allowance and noted that I had $50 remaining therein. Came the dawn, and on getting dressed, I was missing one wallet. In a cold sweat my wife and I searched the house; for two solid weeks we searched the house, with no luck. I bought a new wallet, went through all the red tape of new operator's licenses, pass cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 27, 1959 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...couldn't wait; I rushed out. Reaching home, I unstrapped the contraption that serves as a substitute for my left leg since I had an argument with a germ several years ago and lost, and there in the bottom of the socket, wedged tight, was the wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 27, 1959 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...funds claim that this big "front-end load" is an incentive to steady saving, but some funds think that such juicy commissions are completely unjustified. Says John Dalenz, vice president of Calvin Bullock, Ltd.: "Why not give those salesmen a blackjack and let them take your entire wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: The Prudent Man | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...petting of the underdog. The social education of Joe Lampton is a painful, truthful exposition of human character. Before half an hour has gone by, it is apparent that Joe is an aggressive, self-seeking, foulmouthed, dirty-minded, ill-educated, mean-spirited little brute with more feeling in his wallet than in his heart. Yet it is also apparent, after the camera makes a visit to Joe's home town, that he has good reasons for being what he is; Dufton is a bombed-out, soot-seared 19th century factory slum. And something, perhaps the innocence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

Wake Off. In Los Angeles, the Utter McKinley mortuary chain (14 conveniently located parlors) sent to city employees wallet-sized lavender cards that said: "Bearer or any member of his family is entitled to a courtesy discount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

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