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To find the prettiest girl in a nation whose succulent peaches and sour lemons are often wrapped alike in the veils and Mother Hubbards of Islamic modesty is no easy matter. But the founders of Pakistan's Beauty Pageant Association, whose mission was to find a Miss Pakistan shapely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Veiled Universe | 6/25/1956 | See Source »

No other Crimson contestant reached the finals. Norman Buck qualified for the semi-finals in the 100-yard dash, but went no further.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Siler Wins IC4A Discus Throw | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

The American who did best at the stock market last week was a ten-year-old boy. Leonard Ross, 4 ft. 4 in. tall, of Tujunga, Cal., started reading books about far-off Wall Street at the age of seven, when his father, a certified public accountant, roused his interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Winners | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

Smooth Curves. Pony-tailed Carol stood aside, in the loquaciously doting care of her mother, while Tenley glided into the "school figures," the required set of tight patterns that each contestant had to trace and retrace with geometric certainty. Around the smooth curves of a figure eight pretty Pre-Med...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mothers & Daughters | 3/26/1956 | See Source »

The U.S. had its own mutterings last week when Cobbler Michael Delia Rocca, with the help of another cobbler, former Contestant Gino Prato, won CBS's $64,000 Question. Critics charged that: 1) Delia Rocca was actually a professional impresario, and 2) Gino Prato's appearance was simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Quiz Crazy | 2/27/1956 | See Source »

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