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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Inside, a British officer was throwing a party for some of his German friends; he called them "the cream of what is left of German society." The men in black & white, the bejewelled women in long backless gowns were busy dazzling each other and particularly their British host, with Almanack de Gotha chatter about Prince this, Duke that and their big estates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFLECTIONS: Sour Cream | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...over a courtside conversation, Mrs. Wightman snapped: "Stalling! Stalling!" Sighed blonde Jean Bostock, as she watched Margaret Osborne: "I'll be lucky to even get a point!" The British girls had been experimenting with U.S. menus. Pert Betty Hilton was feeling poorly. "It's because of the cream puffs," confided Teammate Kay Stammers Menzies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: After the Cup | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...orange-tiled units of the chain have sprung up along main highways from Maine to Florida. Last week, tall, hefty Howard Johnson announced plans to widen out. Already under construction (near Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati) were the first of 200 new branches that will carry his name, his ice cream (28 flavors) and his own brand of New England decor across the Middle West and into California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RESTAURANTS: Formula Profits | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...Cream of the Business School's softball duffers, The Chumps, were mathematically doped yesterday as a certainty to test the teeth of their Law School equivalent, the Legal Beagles; on the home sandlot this Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grad School Softball Championship at Issue In Saturday's Playoff | 8/21/1947 | See Source »

...sister company, British South American Airways, is experimenting with a new trick to speed up Britain's lumbering transports: nonstop Atlantic crossings with midair refueling over the Azores from 'tanker" planes. While Britain bumbles along, smaller nations with bright new U.S. planes are catching some of the cream of world air travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Spreading Wings | 8/11/1947 | See Source »

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