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...physical strength who was actively engaged in Banyuls' third most important industry, smuggling. Smuggler Maillol was successful enough to indulge his grandson's taste for art, though young Aristide Maillol's first medium was one that must have caused many an old smuggler to raise an eyebrow. He designed tapestries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Banyuls' First Citizen | 10/24/1932 | See Source »

Then Maine went Democratic. The nation raised an eyebrow. In Washington it was instantly apparent that the foundations of the White House had been jarred, the President's campaign plans knocked to bits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Maine Quake | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

...from another lid, from the inner surface of the arm, or from behind the ear. Skin from those places approximates the thickness of an eyelid. Lids thus mended may blink,' wink, close. If his patients insist, Professor Vilray Papin Blair, St. Louis lid-mender, transplants a strip from the eyebrow. Eyelashes from eyebrows usually look straggly. Professor Blair also makes eyebrows with grafts from the scalp. These tailor-made eyebrows require frequent barbering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A. M. A. at New Orleans | 5/23/1932 | See Source »

...anti-religion a religion? Agnosticism is surely not; it is a shrug, a raised eyebrow. Atheism is more like its antithesis; the late Robert Ingersoll adored his Nothing as fiercely as St. Paul his Christ. Contemporary atheists preach their Nothing, write about it, argue it. Freethinker Joseph Lewis is fervently proud to be called "Enemy of God." But in New York State atheists may preach as they like and still their atheism is no religion. The New York Court of Appeals so decided last week in Albany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Reverse Worship | 5/9/1932 | See Source »

Faber invented the nickel-plating of pencil tips, pencil point protectors, rubber tips. In its line are the Mongol colored pencils ("Paint with Pencils"), weatherproof pencils, eyebrow pencils. Newspapermen like its Black Knight, a blunt pencil not likely to break in a crisis. Faber claims to be the largest maker of erasers and recently offered rubber bands in pastel shades. It is thought to make 25% of popular-priced pencils. Its line comprises 250 varieties not including various degrees of hardness which sometimes run as high as 18 to a pencil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Pencils | 3/28/1932 | See Source »

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