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...funnel built into the forward part of her island had been blown across the deck. Like other vessels in the inner ring, she had been swung around so that her bow faced the detonation point. But the force which had done this had finished the Sara. The only vessel in the target array with a triple-skinned hull, she had nevertheless been ripped open below the waterline. Slowly she settled, listing ever more sharply; seven hours later the 33,000-ton carrier sank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Helen of Bikini | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

...subject of Taimadge's wavyhaired opponent, candidate Carmichael, she said simply, "Bow ties aren't generally worn in the South...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deep South Finds Voice in Yankee Domain as 'Cliffegirl Backs Bilbo | 7/30/1946 | See Source »

...Office of Tourism hopefully announced that the season was in full swing. But the opening's aftermath was a sorry letdown. Last week, liveried flunkies and white-tied M.C.s stood at their posts in the Casino, ready to bow like diplomats; but on the ballroom's vast parquet just one couple did their stuff and only a few new-rich lingered over the green baize tables. In the main, Deauville had reverted to its 5,000 year-round inhabitants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Candy on the Beach | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

After Enrico Caruso died, one of his fiddler accompanists decided to bow it alone. But Manhattan critics had few good words for his well-mannered Beethoven and Bach, and his Los Angeles concert fee was not enough to pay the room rent. Says hawk-nosed Xavier Cugat: "I knew that the American people was polite to an artist but crazy for a personality, so I decided to become a personality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Personality | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

Prosperity didn't sit well with the Crimson tennis team Saturday. After winning five of eight singles matches, the Varsity netmen lost all four final doubles contests to bow before a squad representing the United Shoe Country Club, 7 to 5, at the United Shoe courts at Beverly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Netmen Bow To United Shoe, 7-5 | 7/23/1946 | See Source »

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