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...Russian mind, much broad talk of love is entirely consonant with much narrow practice of hatred; but Khrushchev, for all the verbal virtuosity of his performance, for-all the too-familiar clasping of Asia to his bosom, has been treating the intelligence of his hosts with no little contempt if he imagines that his torrent of words is enough to sweep them off their feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KHRUSHCHEV'S LIES NEW SOVIET LOW | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...like women are so well protected from both sight and air that they might well pine away. In addition to extolling the veil, she cries, "The exposure of the bosom and back is not only repugnant, but disadvantageous to nine women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winter Fashions - 1956 | 12/14/1955 | See Source »

...with her good-girl reputation. Julie has a tomboy temptation to bitch it up a little. She can use a four-letter word when she has to; and one day when a shapely young actress was making her usual bid for attention, Julie sneered: "Oh, if I had a bosom, I could rule the world!" Says Julie: "I really hate to be well-bred!" The fact is, she has little choice in the matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: A Fiery Particle | 11/28/1955 | See Source »

...hits a pedestrian, said the doctors, it is frequently the unnecessary adornments near the front of the car that maim and kill: "masticating grills, avulsive door handles, knife-edge eyebrows over headlights and spearlike hood ornaments." The doctors also called for the abolition of bumpers (including the bosom-like projections known as "Dagmars") and for recessed and padded dashboards, collapsible steering columns, safety belts, safety doors and a legal limit on horsepower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Oct. 24, 1955 | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

...bosom begins to heave during his sermons, and Humphrey himself gets unseasonably hot under the ecclesiastical collar. However, by the time the audience has experienced the illicit delights of what amounts to a free trial package of sacrilege, the script "does a gopher," as Hollywood writers say. It runs for cash cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 3, 1955 | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

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