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...North Portico. Sandy has been the White House Santa since the Kennedy days; he has pieced together a flawless costume and has grown a real white mustache that cannot be pulled off. His tummy is the creation of his daughter Debbie, who glued together several pieces of foam rubber and sewed it all up in red cotton for the benefit of the republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The White House Becomes a Home | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

...teeth. Using a regular child's toothbrush, he began brushing vigorously, trying to remove every trace of a sweet red wafer handed him a moment before by the technician. "It tastes like candy!" he yelled to a screaming crowd of balloon-carrying children, as pink foam from the brushing streamed over his sunburned chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hucksters for Health | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

...still hard work. When you pack your sleeping bag, foam mattress, tent, change of clothes, food and utensils, you end up carrying 40 lbs. or more. Lugging that load 15 miles a day in rough country is a guaranteed antidote to the dangers of the soft city life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Rebuttal from Mount Horrid | 7/2/1973 | See Source »

...lookout for bad odors when they began sampling Skylab's delicacies, which include such items as roast beef, lobster Newburg and Conrad's favorite butterscotch pudding. The space agency was also worried about the buildup of potentially lethal fumes from the decomposition of the heat-sensitive polyurethane foam used to insulate the interior walls of the ship. As an added precaution, the astronauts planned to don gas masks before entering the ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Skylab: The Troubled Mission | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

Another California artist who sees cars as art is Tom Sewell. Sewell's "Picklecar" looks like a cross between a giant cucumber and a stray automobile. Actually "The Picklecar" is a 1950 Studebaker that has been sprayed with polyurethane foam, and painted a loud and ugly shade of green. "The Picklecar" is bizarre to the point of being offensive, and indeed, the Los Angeles Police impounded the car after someone complained about it being parked in front of their house...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee, | Title: Auto Art: Defiling America's Deity | 2/9/1973 | See Source »

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