Word: jacket
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some of the men were not in uniform: they were in the cap & gown of high-school graduation; they were out hunting with leather jacket and a bird dog at their feet; or they sat stiffly with hair slicked back and smile a little strained, for a portrait that was to be a Christmas present for a family or sweetheart. They were boys from the best families and boys from across the railroad tracks. Now they were dead, somewhere far away, or captured, or-worst of all-"missing." In some towns nearly everyone had lost a relative or a friend...
...unforgettable) photograph of two ducks-one floating in a tank of water, the other sinking (after the detergent had been added to the water). This week I received from book publishers William Morrow and Co. an advance copy of a mystery novel, The Case of the Drowning Duck. The jacket shows a duck expiring in a goldfish bowl and has a note from the publishers saying that Erie Stanley Gardner, the author, was inspired by TIME'S item. TIME Marched On, fast...
When Leon Henderson's wholesale price ceiling went into effect, the U.S. entered into a controlled economy which made the old NRA strait jacket look like a sport shirt. Next week the retail ceiling will follow; the strait jacket will be laced...
...Concord Avenue study, he sat decked out in a blue velvet vest and jacket, a wilted dandelion in his button-hole. He had just returned fro, his daily walk "around and around the Common." Today he expects to spend quietly at his home and looked forward to giving another of his famed readings in the Union this spring...
Died. Joseph Harry Benrimo, 67, actor-dramatist, co-author of The Yellow Jacket; in Manhattan. In the 1890s and early 1900s he played supporting roles with Modjeska, James O'Neill, Mrs. Leslie Carter, William Faversham...