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...girl than two men chivvy him into an alley and work him back & forth like a rockinghorse, one hammering at his solar plexus, the other at his kidneys. And he has hardly got his breath back when he has to watch a huge criminal (Fred Steele) force a small damp grey one (Elisha Cook Jr.) to drink a glass of poison. After that it is only a question of time before the big man has laid out Marlowe with a fistful of small auto parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Aug. 26, 1946 | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

Blessed by good weather after a damp opening last Monday, the University's Sculling Regatta enters the final stages this afternoon at 3 o'clock when the winners of preliminary eliminations meet to decide the class champions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Scull Races Today to Decide Class Champions | 8/23/1946 | See Source »

...Bilbao, the Provincial Governor promised stern enforcement of the ban on bathing suits "so revealing as to be offensive to public modesty." In particular, bathers must immediately robe themselves upon leaving the water. No sun bathing in damp, clinging suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Honi Soit . . . | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

With last Wednesday's contest against Squantum washed out by a heavy down-pour, Coach Adolph Samborski's summer varsity drew a damp end to a short, inglorious summer baseball campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rain Cancels Squantum Tilt As Varsity Nine Ends Season | 8/9/1946 | See Source »

Most of the statues, paintings and tapestries have not been seen in six years; many have never before been exhibited in a museum. Standout in the priceless collection is the famed 11th Century Essen Madonna, a 30-inch, gold-covered wooden statue that spent the war years in a damp tunnel. Now, in the 16th Century castle which Goebbels commandeered as a summer home, the wide-eyed Madonna sits serene in a gilded bathroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Madonna from Essen | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

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