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Winnipeg's willowy, blond Lenore Johannesson, 17, had been chosen as the "typical" Canadian girl, and her specifications were published for all to read. The details: hips, 36 in., bust 36, waist 26, calf 14, ankle 8½. She is 5 ft. 8½ in. tall, weighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: MANITOBA: Miss Canada | 8/6/1945 | See Source »

cutting up a stolen calf he had carried across the California line in violation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tom, Tom the Piper's Son | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

...anatomical reasons" be different from a man's; it must be longer. The above-the-knee kilt for women was "a travesty of the male attire ... an affront to the Gael." The C.W.A.C. pipers would have to wear regulation drab khaki uniforms-at least until a more decorous, calf-length kilt could be designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada at War: THE SERVICES: The Cut of the Kilt | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...hamster is slightly smaller than a guinea pig and looks like a toy bear. It eats practically anything: carrots, cabbage, lettuce, peanuts, dog chow, calf meal. It drinks no water, getting all the liquid it needs from leafy vegetables. At mealtimes, it stows all its food in huge pouches in its cheeks; later it empties the pouches and chews at leisure. Its only defects as a laboratory animal: it likes to fight other hamsters, and a hamster, if disturbed during a delivery, may eat her young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Guinea Pig's Rival | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

Nothing about Gunder ("The Onetime Wunder") Hägg's trip to the U.S. had run on schedule. He had arrived from Sweden four weeks ago on a big buildup and rubbery legs. He promptly lost three races while trying to nurse his soft calf muscles back into shape. Last week, gangling Gunder finally salvaged a blue ribbon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hagg's Legs | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

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