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...Once, during a narcotics haul from a drugstore, she wore toreador pants; another time, during the simmering heat of Lnst July, she wore shorts and a halter.) Always it was Maggie who gave the orders: "Put up your hands-I'll kill ya." Then, she would give instructions to her jittery confederates in a calm, soft voice: "Take him to the back room and make him lie down . . . You get the money." Police marked Maggie as one of the coolest dames on the books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Female of the Species | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

...bareback, halter-type sunsuits may be worn without a jacket or wrap." ¶ "No bare midriff costumes." ¶ "No strapless, low-cut dresses except in clubs or at appropriate social functions." ¶ "No shorts on teen-agers or women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Proper Look | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

...India's city streets and country lanes by the millions. It is a statutory crime in India to kill a cow. In 1944 a high-caste Hindu, who accidentally let one of his own cows strangle herself, was forced to roam the streets for three days with a halter around his neck, mooing for food and forgiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The First Roundup | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

After eight seconds of this, the timer sounded his horn. Other cowboys closed in on the bucking sorrel, grabbed the halter and gave rangy (6 ft., 180 Ibs.) Bill Linderman a chance to swing safely to the ground. From the rodeo crowd came the happy hooting and hollering of people who know a good ride when they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champion Cowboy | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

Hollywood's box-office trouble in 1953 expressed itself occasionally in resentment against the halter of censorship and public prudery. The Moon Is Blue, a cheerful little comedy that dares to use such words as "pregnant" and "seduction," became a sort of test case. Although banned by powerful church and civic groups, the picture showed to capacity crowds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Year in Films | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

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