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Customer Follow-Up. In Fort Worth, Mrs. Marian Cooper, 22, reported that two years after she had interrupted the sales talk of an unidentified book salesman and driven him away by hitting him on the head with a rolling pin, he had returned, announced: "Well, I've come back," hit Mrs. Cooper on the head with the same rolling pin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 11, 1955 | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

...foot radio telescope," he added, "Will enable us to pin-point more accurately sources of radio energy and to accommodate special experimental projects not now possible...

Author: By Steven R. Rivkin, | Title: Observatory to Expand Facilities for Research | 3/25/1955 | See Source »

...avoided the outbreak of chicken pox which has struck several members of the crew. They have received favorable mention in the British press. The London Times, in particular, singled out Monks in its dally reports on the Cambridge work-outs. Writes the paper's correspondent, "Monks is their king pin, and dominates the crew. To see him start a hard paddle is a Joy, for he can move a mountain of water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Crimson Oarsmen View English Crew | 3/24/1955 | See Source »

...readers who find the novels of social protest a bore, and U.S. writers who frequently hack the life out of such themes as Dutourd's, The Best Butter is a highly entertaining reminder that in good social criticism, the pin is mightier than the sword...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: French Waugh | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...division, Charley Harding of the Bellboys wrapped the Funster's Bill Miller in a guillotine for a pin in 1:30 of the second period. Tim Anderson of Eliot, division titlist for the last two years, won an 8-3 decision over Pete Gaynor of Leverett in the unlimited bout. Gaynor, who pinned his three opponents in the preliminaries, moved surprisingly fast for his 300-plus pounds, scoring a reversal and an escape over Anderson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Beats Leverett, Lowell For House Wrestling Crown | 3/18/1955 | See Source »

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