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...shame! Was TIME or Mary Morris guilty of letting a dim-witted retoucher put a cigaret in Malraux's left hand (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 28, 1938 | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

Washington newshawks, bending over backward to find polite synonyms for "dictator," discovered that: 1) Dictator Batista has a cigaret holder like Franklin Roosevelt's amber one; 2) unlike the President he takes it out of his mouth when he talks; 3) he likes to sleep until 11 a. m., then brunches, sees visitors, plays squash or tennis; 4) he then works until 1 or 2 a. m., after that he sees movies; 5) he likes newsreels of Mussolini, of which he once saw seven in one night; 7) he says that sometimes he likes what Mussolini does, sometimes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CABINET: Wrinkle Remover | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Forty-four-year-old, Maryland-born Mr. Magruder works in a half-furnished office across the way from Mr. Andrews', flicks cigaret ashes on the floor, shares his superior's casual approach to a difficult task...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Cats | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

...London, Paris burbled over Picasso's latest joke. Sitting as usual in the evening at the Café de Flore with a chic woman, the forelocked Spaniard who has the Midas touch was joined by three picture dealers, then by three more. He picked up an empty cigaret package, cryptically manipulated it under the table, finally brought out a little figurine of a dancer with the remark: "Well, there's the latest Picasso." Amid a chorus of admiring compliments, artist and girl friend departed. The six picture dealers were just on the point of springing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: London Greys | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Arriving at the GM Building about nine, Weaver lopes down the long corridor with a mess of manila folders under his arm, a cigaret stub in his nervous mouth. To preserve his more-or-less professorial role in a high-pressure company, he dresses with studied informality-slouch hat, tweedy, sloppy suit. He is short, bowlegged, has Clark Gable ears and hair cropped short because it tends to be kinky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOTORS: Thought-Starter | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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