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...great perspicacity they took advantage of the fact that one day last week he would naturally spend at Buckingham Palace, the day on which Mrs. Simpson had to be alone at Ipswich to get her divorce. Shoals of British dignitaries had audience of Edward VIII that day, the Court Circular released next morning was one of the longest of his reign, and the Court staff congratulated themselves on a good job. It was next the duty of His Majesty to prorogue Parliament after its short session last week and reopen it again this week, each time with a Speech from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Crown & State | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...Anthropologist Mildred Trotter of Washington University (St. Louis) found that the hair of Arabs is more oval (less circular) in cross-section and larger in circumference than that of U. S. whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Vales & Swales | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...figure. Not exactly a novel, Clutch and Differential is by George Weller, whose first book, Not to Eat, Not for Love, published three years ago, was a witty college story laid in his alma mater, Harvard. The elusive theme of his new work is taken from an automobile sales circular: "Bodies never cease changing . . . but power in motor vehicles is still infused at the clutch and discharged through the differential. Beneath American-made bodies that are tastefully refashioned every year, power transmission has gained a standard performance. New bodies come and old bodies go but clutch and differential now change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Motormania | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

Last week Miss Phillips was back in Boston, looking once more the way God made her. Meanwhile, her beautifying had not only made a story for the current Mademoiselle, but a trade circular sent out by the magazine to incipient advertisers of cosmetics. It was also announced that copies of Miss Phillips' gown would be merchandised all over the land as "The Cinderella Dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Barbara's Beautification | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

Last (but not least) on the Bureau's circular come the jazz bands. Craig Huntting and his Orchestra "combine musical proficiency, an unexcelled library, an individuality of style, an expressiveness of interpretation and a rhythmic 'lift'", Jim Fuld's Promenaders are "a well-trained undergraduate dance orchestra with talent, enthusiasm, and wide experience", while Jack Ayer and the Gold Coast Orchestra "emphasize the use of special arrangements for more distinguished interpretations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snakes, Mohammed, and Music some Of Entertainment Bureau's Offerings | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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