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...miles per gallon (weight of car and passengers in tons, multiplied by mileage, and divided by gallons of gas consumed). On the basis of actual miles per gallon, a figure that means much more to the average motorist, the four-cylinder Henry J Corsair took the cake with 30.856; Studebaker's six-cylinder Champion was second with 27.822 miles per gallon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Economy Run | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...solemn speeches or long faces. His 96 musicians gave him a party at which the eleven women of the orchestra put on a vivacious cancan. Cracked Monteux, "It took me 17 years to see what pretty legs they have." With enormous gusto, he knifed into a huge cake lettered "Au revoir, cher Maître." And he set straight one matter that has intrigued San Franciscans for years: "I make you a declaration. My hair, it is not dyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: End of an Era | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

...minutes. The rest of the 15-minute program is devoted to music by an organ, a harp and a sentimental baritone, a quick rehash of the boy-meets-girl details of the particular romance, and to some intensive selling of the products of Sponsor General Mills (Bisquick, Crustquick, Party cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: For Richer or Poorer | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...Princeton. N.J., Albert Einstein ignored his 73rd birthday. Said his secretary: "He doesn't care about his birthday at all. He won't even have a birthday cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Young Ideas | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

...shopping, and cooking. Planning the meals requires imagination, and the girls take pride in the variety and excellence of their cooking. No one has to be afraid of mistakes, however. The girls are tolerant of errors and there is always someone ready to pitch in and help if the cake doesn't rise, or something "just goes wrong" with the mashed potatoes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Students Praise Cooperative House System | 3/12/1952 | See Source »

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