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Tall and muscular, he kept his hairless, perfumed bronze body immaculate, especially his teeth, "white as hailstones," which stood far apart from assiduous picking. He eschewed jewelry but put antimony on his eyebrows to sharpen his sight. He let a black wilderness of beard riot down to conceal one thin line of fur on his deep chest, but he clipped his mustache. On special occasions he shaved his poll. Divinely conferred, a large mole adorned his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 9/27/1926 | See Source »

Near Port Jervis, N. Y., lives one Marcus Porter, a farmer. Farmer Porter is renowned throughout Orange County for his calf. It is a fat calf, smooth and perfectly formed, but most of all remarkable for the fact that it is absolutely hairless. Last week Farmer Porter was offered $700 for his calf, which is the only one of its kind that has ever been seen in the district. He refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Feb. 8, 1926 | 2/8/1926 | See Source »

...hairless, scrubbed and tasteless eunuch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: May 11, 1925 | 5/11/1925 | See Source »

...devoted to The Art of Technology: Ossified at Birth. Loafer pointed to the buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which catalogs call: "classical Roman laid out in the French manner." Loafer called it: "A factory attempting the Roman in a derby hat . A picket-fence palace. A hairless, scrubbed and tasteless eunuch playing dominoes. . . . The hokum of the 'pseudo classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critique | 5/11/1925 | See Source »

...dagger in the mail. (P. 11, col. 2.) Hairless freshmen. (P. 17, col. 2.) ''A Thumping Error...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Nov. 24, 1924 | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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