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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Piccadilly by Neon. Even now that she has reached a pinnacle of perfection at 30, Margot is still seriously studious. Even after tough evening performances like Sleeping Beauty or Swan Lake she rarely misses the ritual of morning class, where she stretches at the bar like the other dancers. She is completely unaffected-a quality which helps set the atmosphere backstage. Explains Frederick Ashton: "When the prima ballerina doesn't put on airs, obviously anyone else trying to would only look ludicrous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Coloratura on Tiptoe | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...Times said, that not all the Sundays were devoted to rape, robbery and remorse; two (the Sunday Times itself and the Observer) were sober news and feature weeklies, and several others were only mildly sensational. But some of the scandalmongering and crime stories of the biggest British Sundays made even U.S. tabloids seem as staid as high-school annuals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Mirrors of Life | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...fake. The Post had reached into its files, pulled out a three-year-old picture, doctored it to fit the news, and run it without caption or explanation. Said Executive Editor Paul Sann, who thought up the idea: "We haven't had any kicks-not even from the princess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Exclusive Picture | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...deaf . . . ready to undergo any treatment . . . willing to put myself and my body at your disposal . . . this on the understanding that anything that might happen to me, even death, would be my own responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: New Horizons | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Krieg's research indicates that even when the transmission stations are permanently damaged, the brain is still capable of receiving and translating electrical impulses artificially applied. Thus, Krieg says, if a certain point at the back of the brain is stimulated, the patient will "see" a flash of light in a precise part of his visual field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: New Horizons | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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