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Time Off. In San Diego, when Motorist John Fleisher held out his arm to signal, a thug ripped off his wristwatch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISCELLANY | 10/1/1951 | See Source »

...parents of 2½-year-old Wayne Tepper of Brooklyn went to the movies one evening last week, leaving Wayne at his grandmother's house, happily playing with Granny's tiny gold wristwatch. When they came back, Wayne had a stomachache but no watch. "Wayne," asked his mother, "where is the tick-tick?" "I swallowed it," said Wayne. "You threw it out of the crib, didn't you?" she asked hopefully. "I eat it, Mommie. I eat it," said Wayne again. "Poor tick-tick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Poor Tick-Tick | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

Last week, in the loft, the Cohens auctioned off all their winnings except a Nash automobile, a $900 television set, a few pieces of jewelry and a $1,000 merchandise slip from Saks Fifth Avenue. They saw a $1,700 diamond wristwatch go for $550, a $1,000 tile bathroom for $430, a $900 home workshop for $410. When the auctioneer's gavel fell for the last time, the Cohens had taken in about $4,000 in cash from their $28,000 windfall. After lawyer bills, warehouse rentals, auctioneer's commission, taxes and Mrs. Cohen's five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Winners | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

Last night's Observatory hold-up, in which James H. Finkelstein '51 was robbed of $26 and a wristwatch valued at $50 while his date, Anne Gans '50 was unharmed, followed by 25 minutes a Garden Street robbery, also by three teen-agers, in which MIT student Malcolm Kurth had $4, a cigarette case, and two pens stolen from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Held Up; Robbers Throw Senior in Charles | 5/24/1949 | See Source »

...river she wore "an oyster-white silk Shantung suit made (where better?) in her husband's workrooms; and as an alternate for the skirt a pair of Shantung slacks . . ." Mr. Adrian's equipment for the trek: "a picnic hamper . . . an out-of-doors stove, an alarm-clock wristwatch, a Rube Goldberg knife-is-a-can-opener-is-a-whistle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 23, 1949 | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

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