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...Munsan, the U.N. truce base where old notices now curl and yellow on the bulletin boards, some 200 marooned U.S. officers and men have found various ways to alleviate boredom since the Panmunjom talks were broken off last October. The latest (in addition to cards, pingpong, movies, basketball, pheasant hunting in the nearby hills and sleeping): assembling toy trains from kits sent from Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Antidote for Boredom | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

...there is room for only a meager brain. Fertility, not intelligence, is the reason for its survival. Its popping, jet-black eyes are all pupil and ought to be sharp at night, but even in daylight they are dim and dull. Only its hearing is keen (its thin ears curl over to keep out insects during sleep), and its bristling whiskers have a superfine sense of touch. On his short legs, the possum meanders in a slow, aimless shuffle. As a climber he shows his greatest skill, using his strong, ratlike tail and the opposing "thumb" on his hind feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Monstrous Beaste | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

...hair that "grows" by means of a winding device hidden in the head; another, "Joan Pa-looka" from the comic strip, is permanently scented, comes with baby powder and soap ($7). A new method of rooting hair in the scalp makes many dolls safe against countless hair-brushings and curl ings - until brother comes along with his toy barber...

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

...second consecutive year, the drive will solicit funds from all but three of the graduate schools, Curl Sapers '53, drive chairman, said yesterday. The Law, Business, and Medical Schools run separate campaigns. Radcliffe graduate students and members of the Advanced Management Training Program will be included in the University Drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soliciting Starts Tonight For $25,000 Charity Goal | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...often have a transforming effect on the wearer's figure if she chooses the shape with careful attention to her good points. A plain cinch of uniform width on a short and chubby girl can be disastrously unappealing, since a wide fabric belt has a tendency to curl over at the edges. Many girls would do well to choose a shaped belt that tapers off and widens at strategic places, playing up the slender areas and playing down the padded ones. There is even a new invention, almost not a belt at all, which rides over the hips like...

Author: By George S. Abramfs, Erik Amfitheatrof, and Joy Willmunen, S | Title: It's A Cinch--The Hottest Seller on the Market | 10/23/1952 | See Source »

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