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From flowered arbors came soft laughter and then the swirl and rustle of silk and satin as Brazilian debutantes swayed to the congas and rumbas of a red-coated samba band. Mothers and grandmothers danced, too. Ruiz Guiñazú's strict Argentine social code frowns on such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Growth of an Ideal | 2/2/1942 | See Source »

Mrs. Lyda Southard smoothed down her green "going-away" dress, patted her plump bust, and cast a last, almost regretful glance at the cretonne curtains and flowered wallpaper. After all, it had been home for a long time, even if it was the women's ward of the Idaho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Flypaper Lyda | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

"She's simply evah so swank," gushed Gurdon Wattles, more seigne than ever in a six-button flowered damask coat with kerchief to match, at a pre-Sheridan punch yesterday in honor of the cast of "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nannie Sheridan To Visit Harvard Soon | 10/11/1941 | See Source »

In the tasteful, flowered prints they wear for a Chicago summer, the Ladies of the Grail look more like clubwomen than nuns. Basically, they are "borers from within," much as Communist organizers are. They join girls who will be the wives and mothers of tomorrow, live among them, work with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Nuns in Mufti | 7/21/1941 | See Source »

Instead they heard criticism which was generally vague, sometimes piddling. It was the kind of criticism which the Prime Minister could, and did, overwhelm with one of his resonant emotional appeals. Sometimes he was almost as gay as the blue-flowered hat worn by Mrs. Churchill in the gallery. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Confidence Reigns Supreme | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

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