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...floors, foundations and walls every seven days until the first frost might bring them under control. But until colder weather, many Chicagoans will continue to share their homes with crickets. And, in lieu of their preferred diet of grass and grain, the crickets will continue to chew on the lace curtains and starched clothing of their helpless hosts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man v. Insects | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

...were the works of the city's modern glassmakers. There were dark-colored pitchers with sweeping curves, smoky white vases, clear bottles studded with agate eyes, pieces of rough green glass blown and shaped into portrait heads, vases with interwoven filigrees, bowls that looked as fragile as a lace handkerchief. Some were done in delicate light glass; others were heavy and solidly streamlined, their soft colors worked smoothly into the glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Revival in Venice | 8/11/1952 | See Source »

...royal family in the wedding picture," added another, "except, of course, the Princess Royal, and she had to be-being the groom's mother." "Margaret didn't even bother to wear a new dress," sniffed a third, pointing out (correctly) that the Princess' grey lace had made its debut at Ascot a month before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Buzz-Fuzz | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

...bracket of the All-American semifinals, Maureen blasted Akron's steady Shirley Fry off the court, 6-4, 6-3, with unreachable placements. Then, appearing in a purplish cardigan designed by London's Teddy Tinling (who also designed Gussie Moran's lace panties), she faced Louise Brough, three-time (1948-50) Wimbledon champion, who upset Maureen last May to win the Southern California crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Mo Grows Up | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

Best Plays (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Arsenic and Old Lace, with Boris Karloff, Donald Cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Jul. 7, 1952 | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

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