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...wanta wake up with a pipe-fitter in the morning. I want a woman...

Author: By William S. Beckett, | Title: 10 Candles for YAF Barry Goldwater Day and a Visit from Strom Thurmond | 10/21/1970 | See Source »

...report, Tass announced Brezhnev's nomination as a candidate in the June 14 elections for the Supreme Soviet, describing him as "a true Leninist" and "a tireless fighter." Another Tass item lumped together announcements of the nominations of Kosygin, Podgorny and one Victor Yermilov, an obscure Moscow machine-tool fitter. Such clues are minor and not conclusive, but the combined weight of the evidence is impressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Soviet Union: Leadership At the Crossroads | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

...Francisco's I. Magnin & Co. literally goes to great lengths to please women who are partial to its high fashion and unperturbed about the tall prices that go with it. For favored customers who are far from its 21 stores in the West, Magnin offers to fly a fitter, a salesperson and a collection of the latest styles anywhere in the U.S., free of charge. Such excursions often produce orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: Magnin's Moves East | 6/27/1969 | See Source »

...Prime Minister must be a lot fitter than we are," Stewart quipped to the others. "There he goes, striding along like Marco Polo." Holt strolled down the beach and dived into the chill waters. "If Mr. Holt can take it," Stewart said, "I'd better go in too." He went for a dip but, discouraged by the condition of the water, quickly returned to the others. By now, the tide had turned and was rushing out. As he swam, his head bobbing above the waves, Holt was carried farther and farther out into a broad stretch of swirling water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Down to the Sea | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

Three housewives, a school-cafeteria cook, an electrician, a pipe fitter, a secretary, a gas-company clerk, a grocer, two factory workers and a former state appointee were making history. Never before had a federal jury drawn from Mississippi veniremen convicted white defendants in any civil rights case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi: Reckoning in Meridian | 10/27/1967 | See Source »

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