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...figure was famous. And for one breathless moment, the 15,000 people in Madison Square Garden thought they were going to see all of it. Onto the stage sashayed Marilyn Monroe, attired in a great bundle of white mink. Arriving at the lectern, she turned and swept the furs from her shoulders. A slight gasp rose from the audience before it was realized that she was really wearing a skintight, flesh-toned gown. Then, in a sincere, Campfire Girl voice, Marilyn sang: Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday Dear Mister President-Happy birthday to you! This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Happy Birthday | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...sharp increase in imports." Several hundred times? Even in Heaven, 200 times one-half per cent is already one hundred per cent. As Oscar Gass said in the New Republic, commenting on Kennedy's statement, "Here we attain a limit of fantasy where all other competitors are left breathless...

Author: By Michael W. Schwartz, | Title: Labor and the Trade Bill | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

White House Tour (CBS, 4-5 p.m.). A repeat of last month's visit to the White House with Mrs. Kennedy as breathless guide. Scheduled again at an early hour for the benefit of the Caroline Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mar. 23, 1962 | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

...Brother Plenipotentiary Bobby Kennedy and Hurricane Ethel blew into Washington's National Airport from the last leg of their four-week, 14-country world tour. Eagerly waiting at the field was their brood of seven, which had prepared a skit parodying the parental trip. But before the breathless kids could go onstage, the nation's business intervened again. "We're going to the White House," announced the Attorney General. Wondered his Washington-wise wife: "To get debriefed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 9, 1962 | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...Romeo (John Stride) jumps and pants in reckless adolescence. His Juliet (Joanna Dunham) is the giddy, giggling, starry-eyed and breathless hoyden she ought to be. This is, after all, not an impulsive love between maturing young adults but a doomed one between hapless children. "These violent delights have violent ends," observes Friar Laurence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stage: The New Old Vic | 3/2/1962 | See Source »

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