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Helen Traubel at 43 is a prima donna in technique but not in temperament. A hearty, buxom woman with auburn hair and green eyes, she is as relaxed as a double-jointed shortstop. According to her husband, she is so chronically good-natured that "no one is ever quite sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Happy Heroine | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

"Oh, I never look above the ankles. The small-jointed ones run fastest, even when they're old."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Ricksha Men's Petition | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

Kiss and Tell is especially notable for the work of three young people who combine the homespun qualities of the kid next door with the zany hilarity of the Marx Brothers. One is Darryl Hickman, who plays the omnipresent Pringle moppet. Another is the gawky Courtland, a deadpan, loose-jointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 22, 1945 | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

This flying flivver (which is actually flying) has no ailerons, elevators or rudder. A movable wing, which can be tipped in any direction by a single steering-wheel, takes over the work of all three. A motor behind the passenger compartment spins a pusher propeller that sticks out where the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: All-Purpose Wing | 10/15/1945 | See Source »

After the Army transport had taxied to a halt on Atsugi airfield one day last week, the first man to climb down was a tall, loose-jointed officer with the three stars of a lieutenant general gleaming on his shirt collar. Said the General, grinning:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE OCCUPATION: Uncle Bob | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

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