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...suspected so that the metabolic ebb & flow of the tagged substance can thus be observed while the subject is alive. Or the detection can be accomplished by taking paper-thin slices of plant or animal tissue, placing them on a photographic plate, and letting them leave their own radio-autograph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Radioactive Flesh | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

Elizabeth O'Connor, Ann Magnotto, and Billie Young, cafe waitresses, went wading in Washington's Rock Creek Park. They spied Lord Halifax strolling by with a friend, hopped out of the water, raced barefoot up to the British Ambassador and got his autograph on a popcorn box. "You've heard of Ramsay MacDonald," smiled Lord Halifax. "Well, this is his son Malcolm." He indicated the youthful British High Commissioner to Canada, in Washington for a short visit. "Hi, Male," said Elizabeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 12, 1941 | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

...vegetables, trees, rocks, beer, money, steaks, French friend potatoes, lettuce-and women. Shaved, dressed in khaki shirts and trousers, with money to spend, the men piled ashore, pushed aside photographers and interviewers as they set out to fulfill long-considered plans. One man had sworn he would get the autograph of the first woman he saw. But she sailed past the wharf in an automobile, would not stop. Their plans were not all alike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Return | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...Walt Disney's studios, kowtowed to by many a star. Special favorite of Benny is eight-year-old Gerard Darrow, who will make another appearance with his chums on the Jell-O show next week. Like all the Quiz Kids, Gerard was slightly miffed to find his autograph in such demand that he had a hard time expanding his own collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Benny & Masterminds | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...desolate reaches of the Pacific, it was as if a long-expected ally had arrived at last. Streets were jammed as the sailors went ashore, marched through tons of streamers, scraps of paper and confetti to the Town Hall. Girls leaned out of windows, screaming a hysterical welcome. Autograph hunters besieged the grinning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Reason to Pause | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

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