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This week, at an alfresco press conference, he refused comment about the Southern revolt. Did he want to talk about his own candidacy? The President said he had been too darned busy to think about it. He joined in the laughter which followed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Southern Exposure | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

TIME is so darned helpful. I had no idea what a virgula in virgulate cercariae was until I read the note that it is a bilobed [organ] near the buccal cavity of styleted xiphidiocercariae [TIME, Jan. 12]; then I understood it perfectly.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

Class of 42. At Mahone Bay, 58 miles southwest of Halifax, Henry Gerald Stairs had just finished putting the first of his new class of schooners through her trial paces. The Acadia 42 (socalled because of her 42-ft. overall length), designed by Stairs and built wholly of native white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NOVA SCOTIA: Boat Boom | 10/20/1947 | See Source »

"If they don't pay twice as much as a dress is worth, they think it's no good," said Sophie, then added stoutly: "But I'll be darned if I'll raise my prices."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Counter-Revolution | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Like a Bag Race. To make matters worse, women were none too happy about 1947 fashions. They especially objected to lengthened skirts. Designers, revelling in OPA-less freedom, had gone berserk with swirls and pleats. They had dropped the hemline from the knee to at least midcalf. Some daytime dresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easter Lays a Small Egg | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

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