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...Yale Center of Alcohol Studies sits unobtrusively without any identification--squat but spacious like a bottle of Ballantine's scotch. Undoubtedly built in the 19th century, its four stories have mahogany-toned woodwork and a faded coat of yellow paint, which partially conceals stone, stucco, or something...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Yale Center of Alcohol Studies Investigates Drinking Habits of Carefree Undergraduates | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

...rehire the four singled out by the tribunal, would award them damages instead. In all, the procedure may cost the U.N. between $135,000 and $185,000. But the U.S. Government, at any rate, seemed to feel it was worth that to keep such critters out of the international woodwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE UNITED NATIONS: Housekeeping Problem | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

Sponge Cleaner. A cellulose sponge impregnated with an all-purpose foam cleaner for rugs and upholstery, as well as woodwork and windows, was put on sale by My-Ko Chemical Corp., Milwaukee. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 27, 1953 | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

Ragged Regiment. Because hardly anything symbolic of British royalty is ever thrown away, the effigies of king after king and queen after queen accumulated for centuries in Westminster Abbey. Their paint flaked; their plaster cracked; worms burrowed through their woodwork; the disrespectful boys of nearby Westminster School named them "the ragged regiment." About 50 years ago they got so unroyally grubby that abbey authorities would not permit even antiquarians to see them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Renovated Royalty | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

Wipe & Wax. Racine's (Wis.) Johnson's Wax Co. put on the market Jubilee, a combination wax and cleaner for kitchen stoves, refrigerators, walls and woodwork. It removes greasy cooking films, stains and smudges, leaves a hard, protective wax coating. Price of one pint, enough to clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Feb. 2, 1953 | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

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