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Word: repairman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Within, the sheetlet gloated. Columns aired triumphantly the doings of Photographer Richard Sarno in stealing the picture. Obtaining a top floor apartment next door he climbed out the skylight and crept to the roof edge. Patiently peering at the baby porch a floor below him, fortified with a roof repairman's tools and a bland air of industry in case he was surprised, the hours slipped by. Swaddled thickly the baby slept below. It was dusk, and no picture. The next day Sarno crept out on his roof again. Late in the morning Baby Vera stirred, tossed. The tiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sleep, Baby, Sleep | 2/13/1928 | See Source »

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