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...boat parted those trees," Lamar recalled, "just like you part your hair with a comb." And when he discovered the water around the duck blind was frozen, the guide tried to use the boat as an icebreaker. "All of a sudden," said Lamar, "I noticed that the ice had sawed the boat in two. The water was aflyin' . . . but we made it back to the blind. We stayed there three or four hours. Finally some old duck came in by mistake. Smith grabbed a gun . . . and hit a decoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEQUELS: The Duck Hunter | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

...subject usually unrelated to the rest of their work. If they could offer a Social Science or Humanities paper to Ahf in lieu of one of these two weeks assignments, a part of the paper load would disappear. The section man in the first course could comb the offering for content and ideas, the Ahf man for writing and expression...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen and Shovels | 2/17/1953 | See Source »

...remembers his departure thus: "I walked out of the house with my hands free, no bag or bundle, wearing a black sateen shirt, coat, vest, and pants, a slouch hat, good shoes and socks, no underwear, in my pockets a small bar of soap, a razor, a comb, a pocket mirror, two handkerchiefs, a piece of string, needles and thread, a Waterbury watch, a knife, a pipe and a sack of tobacco, three dollars and twenty-five cents in cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Galesburg Nostalgia | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...only logical to cease wearing kachh (pants cut off at the knee), kara (iron bangles on the wrist) and a kirpan (a small dagger). But Walter has always observed two of the five "Ks" dictated by his religion: he wears kes (unshorn hair) and carries a khanga (a ceremonial comb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Kes? Yes! | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

...little girls, Pressman Toy Corp. has a vanity table with ruffled plastic skirt, which comes complete with bench, mirror, comb & brush, and perfume atomizer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Christmas Stocking | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

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