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Pritchett's people are caught-as by an exploding flashbulb-in a continual start of surprise. The inexplicable pressure of events, they seem to be saying, has bent them into postures they had never foreseen. Before they can straighten up, furl their umbrellas and walk on, the reader has learned everything about them he will ever need to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Start of Surprise | 9/22/1961 | See Source »

...Furled Sleeves in the Bedroom. Operating under that agreement, Milton Eisenhower moves constantly in and out of the White House. Last week, ready to accompany Ike to a Washington dinner, Milton wheeled his black, air-conditioned Imperial sedan into the White House driveway. Once or twice a week, he makes the 45-minute drive from Johns Hopkins to Washington. Often he stays overnight, and the Upstairs Red Room (so called to distinguish it from the main-floor parlor known as the Red Room) is generally kept ready for him. In the privacy of the presidential bedroom, the brothers can unbend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Youngest Brother | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

...Gilbert and Sullivan's gayest and most tuneful operettas with a cast of seasoned G. & S. performers, the Winthrop House Music Society assured an evening of delightful entertainment. But the distinction of last night's production was the excellent stage arrangements of the choruses and lead actors. Amid the furl of colorful costumes the performers move with an case that is a pleasure to watch. The addition of dance and masterful choreography was D'Oyly Carte's great contribution to Gilbert and Sullivan, a contribution often ignored or largely forgotten in local stagings of the duumvirate's works. Adele Hugo...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: The Gondoliers | 5/5/1955 | See Source »

...jackets and wide Eton collars; when they grow bigger they graduate into tail coats and narrow collars. Etonians must always leave the bottom buttons of their waistcoats unbuttoned, say "absence"' when they mean roll call, and talk a jargon that new boys study from a glossary, may not furl their umbrellas unless they belong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Old Schools | 6/16/1947 | See Source »

Come in to rest, and furl your sails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In the Midst of His Sea | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

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