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...third stop in his current U.S. exhibition tour*-his free-swinging volleys and unorthodox backhand (which looks much like a ping-pong shot) were not in top form, but his ebullient disposition was (chasing a drive, he landed in a spectator's lap, apologized with a winning Gallic bow). Frank Shields's big service was too big for Borotra, just as it had been in the Wimbledon semi-finals 16 years ago. Score: 12-10, 6-2. Smiled the Bounding Basque, who plans no serious comeback: "A most pleasant affair. I played badly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rebounding Basque | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...busy buying up the bogus Newsweek to make an extended statement, the Bow Street aviary nevertheless did manage to take time out between newsstands to declare that "this left us speechless." By last night, however, they were sufficiently recovered to direct their suspicions at the Yale Record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ibismen Meet Match in Yale Record; Phony Newsweek Hits Stands Early | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...doting old Sovereign whom she called "Grandpapa England." "They're cheering for you, you know," George V explained to her one day as he held her in his arms on the Palace balcony. Lilibet smiled radiantly. Later she was caught testing her royal prerogative by making a playmate bow low in homage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ein Tywysoges | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

...that of any other college, but skirted around the subject by saying that she really was much more interested in getting "a four or five room unfurnished apartment than a Harvard man." But when pressed, she consented to specify what type of man need apply: "Crew hair-cuts and bow-ties are definitely out," she said. "I like tall, blond-haired men that wear tweeds and smoke pipes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marriage Wreaks Havoc Among University Secretaries as Local Scholars Take Note | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

Middle-aged cinemaddicts enjoyed a pleasant flashback to the windblown-bob era. Clara Bow, now a rancher's wife and mother of two, made a brief comeback, of a sort. Handsomer to the camera's eye than she was in the blowsy 20s, the onetime "It" Girl regained the spotlight as a result of another woman's triumph. A listener who managed to identify Clara's voice in a radio contest won $17,590 in prizes (including an airplane, a refrigerator, an automobile, a furnace, a fur coat, maid service for a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Mar. 24, 1947 | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

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