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...would take the matter into her own hands. But now that all fruit served must be cut and eaten on the premises, the waitresses have the added responsibility of seeing that no one slyly puts a grapefruit or two into his pocket, and then dashes out before the buxom valkyries of Unionhalla can catch him. This is an onerous and difficult task from which no one reaps any benefit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FORBIDDEN FRUIT | 5/5/1937 | See Source »

...weeks, and the repertoire offered includes almost all the works when the famous par collaborated on--a collaboration which resulted in great artistic successes but also in a good deal of friction to the parties involved. After seeing so many worthy but undeniably amateurish Gilbert and Sullivan performances by buxom church choirs and struggling women's club members, it is a relief to find a company which acts and sings with both finesse and spontaneity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 4/15/1937 | See Source »

Since last spring when a Berkeley, Calif, surgeon sawed two holes in her skull "to let out the pain," as she understood the purpose of the operation, Dema Dunlap, 23, a buxom, introspective epileptic, had an irresistible compulsion to finger her scalp where it lay sewn over the trephine holes. The soft spots, yielding under pressure of her finger tips, felt like the germinal depressions of a coconut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Spiked Brain | 3/8/1937 | See Source »

Orange Wedding- Kept girlishly secret by buxom Juliana until she actually appeared as a bride on her wedding day was the nature of her dress, concealed under an ermine cape as she stepped into the glittering gold Royal Coach with Prince Bernhard. He was in the blue-braided black uniform of the Blue Hussars, with red military sash and black shako surmounted by red plumes. Eight coal-black horses drew them and behind came four horses drawing the coach of widowed Queen Wilhelmina with whom rode the widowed German mother of the bridegroom, discreetly sporty Princess Armgard zu Lippe-Biesterfeld...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Serene & Royal | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

...been decided by Her Majesty's Government that, as a mark of respect to Crown Princess Juliana, she and her bridegroom would be the only persons married in The Netherlands on their wedding day. The attention of Her Majesty's Government was then drawn to that buxom coincidence, the Dutch female who was born on the same day and at approximately the same moment as H. R. H. Juliana, the honest wench Petronella van der Meer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Other Juliana | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

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