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>Two amputees skied down hill clinging to each other, parted as they came to the tree, resumed mutual support thereafter.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Puzzle | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

What went on in the corners was virtually private business until last month, when the U.S. crashed head-on into Britain while it was trying to reach an agreement with Mexico. Until then, the U.S., still clinging to its first dream, had signed almost a score of treaties* for air...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: All Dressed Up | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

¶ At Bilbao, the Provincial Governor promised stern enforcement of the ban on bathing suits "so revealing as to be offensive to public modesty." In particular, bathers must immediately robe themselves upon leaving the water. No sun bathing in damp, clinging suits.*

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Honi Soit . . . | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

Feminine Touch. In Port Douglas, Australia, a horned, buoy-like object on the beach, attacked energetically by a woman with a hammer, yielded a fine batch of clinging oysters; later, towed offshore by a mine-disposal squad, yielded a detonation that shook every building in town.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 11, 1946 | 2/11/1946 | See Source »

U.A.W. President R. J. Thomas, clinging to the union's "divide & conquer" strategy, had talked long & loud about going back to work on G.M.'s products for other motor manufacturers, but he predicted that G.M. would refuse such an offer. Next day he had such a proposal from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Tension & Action | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

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