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Figure of Fantasy. Actress Monroe stands 5 ft. 5½ in. in her stocking feet (5 ft. 9 in. in the stiletto heels her roles require), and she is a little leaner (118 Ibs.) than she looks on the screen. In a sweater, as everybody can see, she is a standout; "I defy gravity," says Marilyn. In skintight toreador pants, she manages to make the world's most famous come-on out of a simple walkaway, and Marilyn's face, by popular standards, is as spectacular as her figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: To Aristophanes & Back | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

...Without price tags or grade stamps to guide them, more than two-thirds picked the poorer beef. Though such tests cause cowmen to snort contemptuously about women shoppers and "supermarket cattle," they have also caused them to worry. If women shoppers prefer the poorer grades that look fresher and leaner, then cattlemen will breed lean meat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE GOLDEN CALF | 5/7/1956 | See Source »

After that, Tony was through. Now and then he still walloped the ball with authority, but he was learning a valuable lesson: power alone is not enough against the best pros. Pancho-leaner and harder than he ever was during his brief career as a light-hearted amateur tournament traveler-ran Tony right off the court, 6-2, 6-2. It left Promoter Jack Kramer with a real problem : Can Tony learn his trade fast enough to make the tour a success? If not, Big Jake will have to go back in training himself, and Tony's first-tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tennis Lesson | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...Seawolf, 330 ft. overall with only a 27-ft. beam, will cost about $53 million complete; it is slightly leaner, longer and more expensive than the Nautilus, the world's first atomic-powered submarine (TIME, Jan. 11, 1954). The drastic differences are inside: to further nuclear development, the Navy deliberately chose two distinct, competitive types of atomic reactors to power steam turbines aboard the two vessels. Unlike the water-cooled thermal reactor on the Nautilus, the Seawolf's high-speed reactor will be cooled by liquid sodium, will create more heat and energy and burn more nuclear fuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Wolf in the Water | 8/1/1955 | See Source »

...tariff rate that is causing it, but normal changes in tastes and customs. The felt-hat industry has complained. Well, it's not the tariff that has hurt them. A lot of people have stopped wearing hats. Just as a lot of people have stopped smoking pipes." Leaner. When Cooper finished, Rules Committee Chairman Howard Smith called on New York's tough old Republican Representative Dan Reed, the archfoe of reciprocal trade, to argue against the bill. Asked Reed: "So you want to hear from the little guns first?" Replied Chairman Smith: "There are no little guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Close Shave | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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