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Jimmy went home to New Jersey, raised some cash, bought revolving tubs and pressing machines, and took a two-day course in how to run them. Soon he offered Port-au-Prince its first nettoyage à sec. After the predictable number of mangled sleeves and missing buttons, Jimmy's crew of five began to get the hang of dry-cleaning. The tele jiol (Creole for word-of-mouth telegraph) advertised his service, and bundles of clothes poured in on muleback and in baskets on peasant women's heads. Jimmy expanded his plant, opened a laundry (the Blanchisserie Jimmy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: The Dry-Cleaning Knight | 6/8/1953 | See Source »

Nathanson was high-point skipper with 74 points over the two-day regatta, but the Crimson's real here was Brown, who replaced Hoppin in the first day's sailing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Post 3rd Win For National Award | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

They start the two-day annual marathon today, as the University waits to hear the name of its new President...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President May Be Selected As Overseers Meet Today | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...two-day meeting provides a perfect opportunity for the Corporation to get the job finished. According to formal procedure, the Corporation must first ask permission to select a new president; then, at the next meeting, the Overseers either reject or ratify...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President May Be Selected As Overseers Meet Today | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...week's end, he seemed fully recovered; he attended services at Augusta's Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, and then hied himself back to the course and played 18 holes with Senator Bob Taft, newly arrived for a two-day visit. The President was mum about the outcome, but fairly exuded satisfaction afterward: "I'll tell you this-I made my best score . . ." Champion-Emeritus Bobby Jones let the cat out of the bag: the President, he reported, had shot an 86, thus breaking 90, as far as anyone knew, for the first time since Inauguration Day...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Price of Spice | 4/27/1953 | See Source »

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