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...Yale Center of Alcohol Studies sits unobtrusively without any identification--squat but spacious like a bottle of Ballantine's scotch. Undoubtedly built in the 19th century, its four stories have mahogany-toned woodwork and a faded coat of yellow paint, which partially conceals stone, stucco, or something...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Yale Center of Alcohol Studies Investigates Drinking Habits of Carefree Undergraduates | 11/21/1953 | See Source »

...kitchen table eating a supper of sour cream, cheese, bread and salad. He clung to the white, open-necked shirt that is the unofficial uniform of the Israeli pioneer. Once he turned up at a Mapai meeting after a Soviet embassy reception, still clad in striped pants and morning coat, explained: "Please forgive my working clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: B-G Quits | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

Peeking over the wall of a villa near Cannes, the curious saw a squat, slow-footed man trying to absorb the Riviera sunshine through a heavy, fur-collared coat and baggy cap. The man, who proclaimed himself an architect from Paris, wallowed in luxury amidst the pines. He had five cars and a swimming pool at his disposal, was guarded night & day by a patrol of gun-toting guards and police dogs. The architect: Maurice Thorez, ailing boss of France's Communist Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

Expert Witness. In Los Angeles, when a holdup man handcuffed Tailor Manuel Hassel and walked off with three pairs of trousers, three pairs of socks and $60 in cash, Hassel refused to panic, later supplied police with the bandit's weight, coat size, waist measurement, shoe and sock sizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...trend away from the raccoon coat continues as the bulky great-coat of recent years gives way to lighter, weather repellent fabrics with zip-in linings. The crowning glory of the college man's hat also seems on the down grade. One style, however, the Tyrolean green alpine model with feather brush and hidden ear-muffs, is gaining popularity so quickly that one expects to hear yodels echoing from the steps of Widener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spectre of Mid - Western Sartorial Tastes Threatens Traditional University Fashions | 11/13/1953 | See Source »

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