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...famous in Washington. Office staffers have learned to ignore his flagrant practical jokes-like the swollen and bloody fake finger he sometimes wears. He has to fight his weight (and at 225 Ibs., the weight is winning). To the casual observer he seems to be a bald and bouncy gladhander, as carefree as a prankster at an American Legion convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: The Mahout from Oyster Bay | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

...mile at least 10 m.p.h. slower. To get such spectacular performance out of his big (340 h.p.) car, Kiekhaefer kept his highly trained mechanics working for weeks at tuning the engine, test-driving the car, turning the tires down on a tire lathe until they were as bald as racing rubber, and perfectly balanced. All Flock had to do to beat his less elaborately prepared competitors was push the accelerator to the floorboard and steer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speed on the Beach | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...Bald Truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1956 | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

With reference to Governor Goodwin Knight's comments on President Eisenhower ["This man isn't handsome. He's almost bald"-Jan. 30]: one is reminded of the tactless mother-in-law who, on meeting her new daughter-in-law for the first time, remarked, "Why, you're not at all pretty, are you?" The young bride replied, "No, I am not pretty, so I try to be nice. Have you ever tried that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 20, 1956 | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...potholes filled up. Grey top hats were on sale for the first time in a Lagos department store. In a city nightclub, a hot combo was rocking to the beat of a new boogie tune: Elizabeth R, Eight to the Bar, and at a local parking lot, a small, bald man, freshly arrived from London, was busily tuning up a gleaming Rolls-Royce, to put it in prime form for the Queen's ceremonial drive. Altogether, nearly $3,000,000 was being spent for Nigeria's first visit by reigning British royalty. Oddly enough, the avidly nationalistic Nigerians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: Ready for the Queen | 1/30/1956 | See Source »

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