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Character Actor. In Cleveland, Mrs. Mazie Henry sued for divorce, charged that her husband claimed to be an ordained minister, but after the honeymoon turned out to be "a numbers player, poker player, heavy drinker and woman chaser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 31, 1952 | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

...plane, a light trainer, by the time he was 30, had built 18 different types, most famous of which was the Piper Cub-like UT-2. His YAK fighter series was rated by French pilots as the best short-range interceptors of World War II. A daredevil and woman-chaser, he likes to drive fast, test his own planes, has had so many narrow escapes that Stalin gave him a Zis (Packard) sedan and restraining motorcycle escort. Now working on advanced rocket (YAK-21) and swept-wing jet (YAK-25) interceptors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: RUSSIA'S TOP AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

...Carbon tetrachloride is often prescribed by doctors in appreciably less than teaspoon doses as a vermifuge (worm chaser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Handle with Care | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...unrehearsed, both happy and medolie. These men are playing around with old friends. When Ory breaks in to ask "How you feeling, Mr. Wilson?", the latter replies with a two-chorus solo that is all the answer required. If you're sick of singing saxophones, try these for a chaser. At present, only Briggs and Briggs and the College Music Shop are kind enough to stock them; but even the people that sell television sets instead of music might try them if they heard them. They'd feel as good as Mr. Wilson...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey jr., | Title: JAZZ | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

Last week, in the arc-lighted ballroom of London's Claridge's Hotel, before a tough audience of some 200 newshawks and cameramen, the trim, grey-suited American told Britons some harsh truths - with a chaser of enthusiasm and hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Briefing for Washington | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

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