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Premier Nguyen Khanh is like a kid's bell-bottom punch toy. No sooner is he knocked flat than he's up and grinning, ready for another foul blow. Last week the swat of a rebellious fist seemed to knock Khanh cockeyed, but within moments he was back on his feet-ready to be knocked down again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Remaking a Revolution | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

...generally take three years to complete. After passing stiff exams, an apprentice becomes a journeyman -a stage that in medieval times meant that he journeyed about the country to find jobs. Only carpentry retains that ancient practice; on Germany's back roads, the wandering carpenter, dressed in traditional bell-bottom trousers and a widebrimmed felt hat, can still be seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Up from Medievalism | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

...Bardot hairdos, though Audrey Hepburn cuts ($1.50) and permanents ($6) are gaining in popularity. Hip guys, or firmennye (literally, foreign firms), go for white shirts and solid ties from France; but hard-to-get button-down shirts and striped ties from the U.S. Ivy League are the most. Bell-bottom trousers, longtime mark of Soviet orthodoxy, are worn only by servicemen, hayseeds, and Nikita Khrushchev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: A Longing for Truth | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

...Near the Water. Bell-bottom farce about how some officers and men conducted the Navy's public relations-and their own private affairs-in the South Pacific (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, may 12, 1958 | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

...Near the Water. Bell-bottom farce, based on William Brinkley's story about how some officers and men conducted the Navy's public relations-and their own private affairs-in the South Pacific (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Apr. 28, 1958 | 4/28/1958 | See Source »

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