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It looked like the War of Independence all over again. There, in front of George Washington's Revolutionary headquarters in Morristown, N.J., marched a small army of residents wearing tricornered hats and flowing capes, toting vintage muskets and calling fellow citizens to arms. Their enemy? A six-lane superhighway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Highway: Hitting the Road | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

Seated Kings. St. Paul's was meticulously packed with heads of state and government, with famous men and old colleagues of Churchill's. They came in powdered wigs and capes and frocks of office, in morning clothes sprayed with medals and sashes, set off by black ties and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Requiem for Greatness | 2/5/1965 | See Source »

At the time, no one grasped what had happened on that September day in 1781. George III called it "a drawn battle." To Rear Admiral Thomas Graves, who flubbed the encounter, it was "a lively skirmish"; to his second in command, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hood, "a feeble action"; to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coup de Grasse | 8/21/1964 | See Source »

"The Pivot." The battle lines for the Capes were sketched while George Washington was encamped in the Hudson Valley in even direr distress than at Valley Forge. Lord Cornwallis had taken Charleston and was moving up to fortify Yorktown.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coup de Grasse | 8/21/1964 | See Source »

Capes still enchant most Cambridgiennes, and fortunately an attractive variety has appeared on the market in recent months. ADELE BRAGAR has a narrow, waterproof cape with detachable epaulettes and big brass buttons in khaki poplin ($20) and in lovely blue corduroy. ($24). Most stores carry several good styles, but GERTRUDE...

Author: By Susan M. Rogers, | Title: Experts Say: "Plus la change; plus la meme chose" | 4/8/1964 | See Source »

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