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...yourself," cried the six-column newspaper ad for Macy's 1961 Spring Fabric Fashion Show. "Whether or not," continued the pitch, "you're an aficionado who adores China's rhythmical stroll along fashion's illustrious runways, you must come see her . . ." What made the invitation ir resistible was the accompanying portrait of "the great China," a model of ex quisitely earthy elegance - who makes her own clothes. Born in Shanghai of a Portuguese father and a Siamese mother, China Machado, now 25, worked her way around the world as a Pan Am stewardess and cinemactress, became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 17, 1961 | 2/17/1961 | See Source »

SiAdam Clavton Powell couldn't have ^ described himself more aptly than as an irritant" IMav 2]. He has succeeded in ir-ritatL many people, including mysetf, into ?toSSStKiP«f the Southern -aa viewpoint. The fears of many Southerns s become much less than ^surd when

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 23, 1960 | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...prostitute visited Jean Lacaze three times, on each occasion in the presence of other witnesses, including his secretary, Madame Iréne Richard. Then, in the tradition of every fictional golden-hearted chippy, she told all to Paulo. Her story: Lacaze had offered her $20,000 to complain to the police that Paulo was living off her earnings. Paulo went to a lawyer, who explained that under French law a legally adopted son cannot be disinherited unless he is shown to be of bad moral or criminal character -if indicted as a pimp, Paulo would lose his right to inherit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: LAffaire Lacaze | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...English departments return to see the house which gave birth to their scholarly careers. Everyone agrees that something intangible contributes to making Warren House the indispensable institution it has become. Perhaps one professor best summed it up in quoting Santayana's description of Concord: "External humility and inward pride." ir?-, iohkRCcotkle

Author: By Paul W. Schwartz, | Title: Warren House | 1/9/1959 | See Source »

...first team consisted of: Goalie, Randall Malin, Dartmouth; RFB, Craig Fanning, Cornell; LFB, Henry Urbaniak, Princeton; RHB, Harry Gridley, Yale; CHB, Robert Verstandig, Cornell; LHB, Brude Yeutter, Brown; OR, Richard Tyrell, Penn; IR, Michael Cooke, Yale; CF, Bert Stratta, Cornell; IL, Lars Kulleseid, Yale; OL, Gerald Mayall, Penn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Places Two On Ivy Soccer List | 1/16/1957 | See Source »

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