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...Pairs of socks a Turkish hosier gave World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz after he was caught wearing holey socks at a photo op at a Turkish mosque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Feb. 19, 2007 | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...lecherous but cowardly Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers and Maury Levin, as the lecherous but frustrated poet Pierre, also do their best with the weak script, while Stacy Stein shines as the unqualifiedly lecherous Archdeacon Frollo. Perhaps the best performance, though, comes from Fred Barton, who plays the politically slick hosier Jacques Coppenole. With a strong voice and an ingratiating smile, Barton is perfect for his role, and steals the show early on with a phenomenal Bert Parks imitation that highlights an ingenious parody of the Miss America pageant...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Say It With Music | 11/5/1977 | See Source »

...POLLUTION. Man is filling the air with more than 800 million tons of pollutants per year. Although the exact mechanism is unknown, scientists believe that the resulting dust particles help to form more clouds and rain. Said Charles L. Hosier, dean of Pennsylvania State University's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences: "There may be a threshold beyond which small changes in the weather could bring about major shifts in the earth's climate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Worried Scientists | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

...another, there is the problem of letting what must show be pretty. For that trim look, stocking manufacturers have lengthened hose to the full 38 in., are shortening the welt (reinforced stocking top) from 4 to H in.; Hanes, a leading stocking manufacturer, has eliminated the welt altogether. Another hosier has come out with "pecker" garters, which cover the stocking top with meant-to-be-seen lace; Dior has taken to decorating the top with flowers and Belle-Sharmer has stockings that fasten with snaps. Best solution slim girls have found is pantyhose, sheer tights that do away with girdle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: The New Underworld | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

Jaunty in sport coat and slacks, Defense Secretary Neil Hosier McElroy emerged from the three-day supersecret conference of top U.S. military leaders at Quantico, Va. last week with a word for reporters. He had nothing much to say about clamping down on interservice rivalry, nor about the decision that he must eventually, some day, take on what ground-to-air missiles the U.S. will deploy to defend itself. Instead Secretary McElroy noted that five of the.U.S.'s Atlas "operational" intercontinental missiles had failed in consecutive test firings, announced that Atlas would be delayed for "not less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Cream the Country? | 7/6/1959 | See Source »

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