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Art: Some Like Claptrap | TIME

TIME October 15, 1951 12:00 AM GMT-5 “If people continue to live in stuffy homes,” says Louis Wijsenbeek, director of The Hague’s Municipal Museum, “it is hard to see how a man of use to us or to the world can develop.” Last week, in an exhibition called Kunst en Kitsch (Art and Claptrap), Director Wijsenbeek gave the public some pointers on what a well-appointed house should be. His Kunst living rooms had a few simple pieces of light-colored modern furniture, prints by Braque, Matisse and Leger.

British Colonial Govt Workers Who Retired 58 Years Ago Still on Kenyas Payroll, Auditor Genera

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu's report showed that Kenyan taxpayers paid KSh 150 million to Asian and European pensionersGathungu's report further indicated another KSh 112 million was wired to the widows of the deceased foreign workers Members of Parliament directed the Treasury to first find out if the said pensioners were still aliveAuditor-General Nancy Gathungu has raised a red flag after noting some British colonial government workers, who retired 58 years ago were still on Kenya's payroll.

Business & Finance: Pencils | TIME

Six companies make most of the world’s pencils. Four are in the U. S. Three are owned by families. All are over 70 years old. Standard pencils are in the 5¢ and 10¢ fields. The four companies and their leading brands are: 5¢10¢ American Velvet Venus Dixon Ticondcroga Eldorado Eagle Mikado Turquoise Faber Mongol Van Dyke (15¢) About 40 raw materials go into a pencil. It takes a month to make a penny pencil, six months for a 10¢ pencil.

Complete List - Top 10 Tiny Characters

Complete List - Top 10 Tiny Characters - TIME Little People, Big World ncG1vNJzZmibn6PBprrTZ6uipZVjsLC5jq2gpp1fqL2mr8iao6xnoJawrK3Gnqpom5%2Biva2x056joqukZH1tfphubXJkYmWBeYCWbGNpaF6dwa64

Davey Lopes - Age, Family, Bio

Baseball lifer who won the 1981 World Series as a player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the 2008 World Series as the first base coach for the Philadelphia Phillies. He was a Golden Glove winner in 1978. Before Fame He played college baseball at Iowa Wesleyan College and Washburn University before being drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 1968 MLB Draft. Trivia He made four consecutive All-Star games from 1978 to 1981.