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...case, the deal gave the Levitts enough money to expand their building activities. They have bought 1,400 acres of Long Island farmland, plan to build 4,000 houses (complete with built-in television) on it this year to sell at their standard price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH FINANCE: Whence Comes the Dew? | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...Knox hook and ladder rig, the noble warrior of the department, was bought from a Boston fire station and rushed to the Harvard division to become the workhorse of the University force. The Knox, featuring solid rubber tires and a built-in water pump, was by far the finest engine Harvard had ever owned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Fire-Fighters Reminisce About War Time Rigours And Monthly Banquets | 3/9/1950 | See Source »

Other Items are: seven-foot picture windows, built-in wooden cabinets and acoustic tile on ceilings and corridor floors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mild Weather Speeds Grad Center | 1/6/1950 | See Source »

...chromium-plated cylinder walls, a silver-nicked radiator, an aluminum body, overhead values, an automatic lubrication system, two ignition systems, two carburetors, and a spare gas tank. A wheel can be changed in less than a minute. Its only failures, according to the Sharps, are "the lack of a built-in machine-gun turret and the inordinate amount of gas it consumes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Jalopies' or 'Antiques,' Some Student Cars Go On Forever | 12/17/1949 | See Source »

...wanted was slimness, grace and better visibility. To his staff he mapped the grand strategy: "Weight is the enemy . . . Whatever saves weight saves cost. The car must look fast, whether in motion or stationary. I want it to look as if it were leaping forward; I want 'built-in' motion ... If it looks 'stopped' it is a dead pigeon ... I want one that looks alive as a leaping greyhound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Up from the Egg | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

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