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...that Li'l Abner was "Mr. Bong" from the sound of a sledge hammer bopping his skull.) At the start of the marriage ceremony last Sunday, Li'l Abner was confident that something would happen to stop it. After all, Joe Btfsplk, the world's worst jinx, was standing by and when he was around, "somethin' awful," like an earthquake, always happened to disrupt things. But as Li'l Abner said "Ah Do" and heard the awful words, ". . . man an' wife," he suddenly realized that nothing had happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Btfsplk Does It | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Born. To Jinx Falkenburg, 29, ex-model and cinemactress (Cover Girl), now chatty hostess of NBC's evening interview Tex and Jinx, and John Reagan ("Tex") McCrary, 37, Tex and Jinx's drawling host: their second child, second son; in Manhattan. Name: Kevin. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 23, 1948 | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

Lanky, gawky Bob Falkenburg, who has a pretty sister (Jinx) and a fireball serve, made himself unpopular at Wimbledon last week. In the semifinals, he alienated the fans by kneeling with his head down on the grass like a Mohammedan at sunset, or just lying prone at the baseline to rest for the next point. London's press arched an eyebrow at his "curious mannerisms" and "irritating demeanor." Explained Falkenburg: "I was tired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Double Fault | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

Howdy, Mr. Ice has. besides, some engaging newcomers: the 1948 Olympics' pretty Eileen Seigh, a figure skater of uncommon grace and skill; Former Model Jinx Clark; Jazz Skater Rudy Richards, who jitterbugs remarkably, but with the slight-and highly welcome-touch of restraint that ice and skates impose. Even more rewarding are two such Center standbys as Skippy Baxter, who can skate both very fast and fancy, and Freddie Trenkler, for whose great comic shenanigans familiarity only breeds admiration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Ice Show in Manhattan | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

M.I.T. proved an unshakable jinx later that week, nosing out the Crimson, 57 to 51, in a dual meet on the Charles, and placing third, just ahead of Harvard in the Ivy League championships in a later regatta. Brown, the most powerful naval force in the East, were masters of their home waters in this meet, riding home the winner with Yale following them in for a second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports of the Crimson | 5/27/1948 | See Source »

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