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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fleming Diamond Smugglers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Best Sellers in the Square | 5/20/1964 | See Source »

...Thais are too sophisticated for such crude devices. Their fighting kites, which cost up to $18, are made of rice paper delicately stretched on a fragile bamboo frame, and come in two sexes: the star-shaped chula, or male kite, and the diamond-shaped pakpao, or female. Each has its special weapon. The chula sports five bamboo talons called champas (literally: fruit pickers), and the pakpao carries a long noose called a nhiang. The male kite tries to capture the female's control string in its talons and drag it to earth; the female tries to encircle the male...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kite Flying: A Man's World | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...Carre Diamond Smugglers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Best Sellers in the Square | 5/14/1964 | See Source »

...Fleming Diamond Smugglers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Best Sellers in the Square | 5/6/1964 | See Source »

George Ortman spent five years making a chess set. He took time because he wanted the playing pieces to be symbols of themselves. The bishop was simple to design-a cross. The rook was square for solidity; the king was a diamond for a regal quality; the queen was a circle for femininity; the pawns were arrows for their singleness of direction. Ortman gave the knight the shape of a heart, for "it is impulsive and moves erratically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Making Cheerful Symmetry | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

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