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...thing, you may go in for corset lacing. Front lacing. Back lacing. Lacing that will, when you want, nip in your waist two or three inches. . . . To allow your hips to round out . . . many a new corset aims to release, rather than to flatten, hips -employing soft fabric gores and gussets on the sides to lighten the hip control. . . . The better to accentuate the bust . . . some corsets mount from two to six inches above the waist. . . . Already, of course, you're used to the idea of the camisoles, petticoats, ruffled panties, batiste underwear with lace or eyelet embroidery that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 8, 1939 | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...emerge as dictator of the world after a war, especially if she remains neutral. Even if she comes in, her position will have her. She is not exposed to air-raids. Most Americans don't realize what a war in Europe will mean. It will destroy our whole social fabric...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bertrand Russell Sees U.S.A. Dictator After Next Conflict | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...Will Destroy 'Social Fabric...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bertrand Russell Sees U.S.A. Dictator After Next Conflict | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

...Main Lobby, an enormous, high room was treated partly with Fabricoustic, the sound-absorbing, ornamental fabric-base material...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 30, 1939 | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

...ersatz (substitute) materials which Nazis have developed to take the place of imported raw materials. Last week many a German enjoyed a quiet chuckle when he found in his mailbox a fake bill from an industrious gagster who "demanded" payment for a suit of clothes made of wood fabric instead of wool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Suit and Sprouts | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

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