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...Fleming at 175 and Harry Johannsen in the unlimited slot are the ones heft in today's lineup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Glad Welcome Awaits Freshmen On Exeter's Mat | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

...Heft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

Billy Rose's plan to "improve" the Metropolitan Opera [TIME, Sept. 6] is commendable, but he mustn't let his long affiliation with thousands of thin-thighed showgirls go to his vocabulary when he calls opera singers "hamfats." Does he know that it takes all that "heft" to sing above a vast orchestra? . . . Opera is not supposed to be a flashy, visual affair of housebroken horses and incredible bosoms ... We don't go to look; we go to listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...Gone With the Wind with Sydney Greenstreet playing Rhett Butler and Sophie Tucker as Scarlett O'Hara . . .' My suggestion is that we interview the fatsos one by one . . . and suggest they consult a doctor. Of course, great singers like Melchior and Traubel should be kept regardless of heft, but minor singers could be given a year's probation and told to get rid of that candy box under the bed-or else . . . Opera would be a lot more popular in this country if there were a few wolf whistles mixed in with the bravos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Candy Under the Bed | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...Washington Times-Herald's Inquiring Photographer asked several plump women about their reaction to the Too Fat Polka. Samples: 1) "I have such a little squirt of a husband someone has to have some heft around the house." 2) "I'm just well rounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Apr. 19, 1948 | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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