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Word: yourselfing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Like most Americans, Engineer Hans Goldschmidt knew that one of the quickest ways to make a fortune is to invent a new gadget or machine. Unlike most Americans, who never get beyond the daydreaming stage, Goldschmidt made his daydream come true. His invention: a home power tool that could be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Inventor in Menlo Park | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

Farewell to Chiseling. German-born Hans Goldschmidt, who earned his doctor's degree in administrative engineering at the University of Berlin, set out in 1945 to invent the machine that would make his fortune. He was earning good pay as a time-study man at the Kaiser shipyards in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Inventor in Menlo Park | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

The do-it-yourself life in suburbia has also opened up a vast new market. Power-lawnmower sales, for example, shot from 42,000 (worth $5,000,000) in 1940 to 1,275,000 (worth $144.5 million) last year. Home-freezer sales zoomed from 210,000 (worth $80 million) to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: FLIGHT TO THE SUBURBS | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

The middle and rich peasants are afraid to expose their wealth, fearing that somebody may come along to borrow from them without returning the loans-"like tigers borrowing pigs." The report quoted Middle Peasant Ho Yao-hsiang: "Why bother to make production such a success? It will be sufficient if...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Tigers Borrowing Pigs | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

The correct answers to the 105 questions in the News Quiz are printed below. You can rate yourself by comparing your score with the scale: Below ?50 Poorly informed

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time News Quiz: State of the Union | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

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