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...regular summary of daily court life. But everything was written in a private shorthand of hieroglyphic complexity, e.g., "N.a. j. et. d. sa. sal. de bil une Ba; il. dde au Gm. sil sa. ce. q. c'e. C'une ma. de G. il d. dab. q. cest un bal. p. ses enf. Est ce p. ser. a desc. sur un remp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Marshal & Master | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

After a series of lunches, Arthur lures Annabel to a cosy little supper at home while his wife is away on a trip. After a bit, he tips the coffee pot over Annabel's skirt. She whips it off and they dab de liriously at the affected parts. At this moment, the wife walks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Arthur Gets It Over | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

...years as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, Monteux's teddy-bear figure and walrus mustache have become as well known and beloved by San Franciscans as their ferry boats and cable cars. Last week, as the idyl came to an end, San Francisco took a dab at its eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: End of an Era | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

...knees before the Holy Door of St. Peter's, white-mantled Pope Pius XII lifted a golden trowel. In the center of the door's threshold, he placed a dab of slaked lime with the words: "In fide et virtute Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Filii Dei Vivi [In the faith and the strength of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God]." Continuing to intone the Latin formula, he placed lime to the right and left on the threshold, then laid three bricks-one gilt and two silvered-in the mortar. Thus, a year after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: End of the Year | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

...DAB's cartoons, however, maintain a consistently high level of humor. In addition to the familiar classics which graced this very page in years gone by, one finds the ill-shaven young man telling a quartet of follow Communists in Cronin's: "Oh, don't get the wrong. Some of my best friends are club men." Or the doctor in the Hygiene Department yelling at a student running a temperature so high that his hair is singed: "What do you want for $30... TWO aspiris...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 12/12/1950 | See Source »

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