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...Dream of the Comb. To Nikolai Fedorovich, Galina had written: "I feel just as melancholy as you . . . There are always dreams passing through my mind. When I awake in the morning I look at your picture. I look at it 30 times a day. Without it my heart aches, and there is no rest for my soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Not Like Texas | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...Bright Sunshine": "I am terribly worried and concerned about you. In my dream last night I saw a fine lady's comb with three teeth missing in the middle. I awoke with a single thought in my mind-what has happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Not Like Texas | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...Combined Charities Drive for $25,000 opens today. During the next four days, solicitors will comb all entries in an effort to secure $10 from every Harvard undergraduate. The drive will be over Friday evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Combined Charities Require $25,000 | 11/9/1948 | See Source »

Operation Giant Bear. When the Generalissimo first appointed him to the economic post last month, Chiang Ching-kuo started out quietly by ordering price ceiling lists displayed at all markets, and setting up post boxes for citizens' complaints. A hundred plainclothes agents were assigned to comb streets and markets for price violators and hoarders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Spirit v. Money | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

...Bizet made Carmen a classic, but Columbia is bent on making it literally a household word. Thanks to a staggering variety of studio tie-up deals with manufacturers of assorted items, the nation may soon be trying vainly to comb Carmen out of its hair. Already on the Carmen bandwagon as it begins to roll through retailers' showcases and advertising columns from coast to coast: shoes, handbags, cigarettes, hosiery, soap, cosmetics, hats, scarves, hair ornaments, castanets, costume jewelry. An impressive seller in its own right is the "Carmen doll" ($6.98); through 30,000 retailers, it piled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 6, 1948 | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

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