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...faced flapper in mad Manhattan circa 1922. As she sets out for her "adventures," Millie bobs her hair, raises her hemline and buys a string of beads. After peering down at her torso, she flutters her eyelids at the camera, whereupon the screen flashes a title, silent-movie style: "Gee, I wish my fronts weren't so big. They sure ruin the line of your beads." It is the first of many slices of cutesie-pie proffered by Director George Roy Hill, including innumerable jokes about the restless, breastless flappers, and oh-you-kidding dialogue indicating that "by jingo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Thoroughly Maudlin | 4/7/1967 | See Source »

Rave On, Samson! Cassius is seen most revealingly in the pages on the Champ's parents. His mother Odessa calls him Gee Gee, in honor of Cassius' first words. An unruffled mistress of the house, she shouts down her husband by yelling, "Rave on, Samson!" Cassius' determined will and his unwavering discipline are strictly the work of Odessa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gee Gee | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

...trouble is that a tiny fraction more is dangerous; even a young adult in good condition suffers severe side effects with a dose of only 300-400 mg. The reactions observed among medical students, reports the University of Illinois' Dr. George Gee Jackson, "were predominantly alterations of the emotional state and of cerebration. These students complained of inability to concentrate and depression. Several described sensations of depersonalization and altered body image. There was a remarkable degree of associated anxiety." At doses of 400 mg., nearly every volunteer suffered such effects. Fortunately, the effects subside in a few hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs: THE SAFETY OF SYMMETREL | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...forward wall that averages 225 Ibs. per man and takes it as a personal insult whenever anybody so much as lays a grimy paw on Terry Hanratty's blue jersey. "After the Army game," recalls Terry, "I was talking to Paul Seiler, the tackle, and I said, 'Gee, Paul, I've been hit three times in three games this year.' I was just joking, but he said seriously, 'That's three times too many, Terry.' " North Carolina's athletic director, Chuck Erickson, calls this year's edition of the Fighting Irish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Babes in Wonderland | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

...IRVING GEE Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 14, 1966 | 10/14/1966 | See Source »

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