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...brother and his friend decided to liven things up a little bit by running Ed Walton for student council. Ed Walton was a rabbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 6, 1973 | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

Cecil decided that he would shoot a few frames of the Inauguration from the stands behind the President, where he had recorded other Inaugurations. He dug out his big plaid coat, called a Wooldea, purchased for $19.95 the previous fall in Canada. Its bright blue and brown would liven a dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: The Man in the Plaid Coat | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

...often decadent. Once the sound was what mattered most; rhapsodizing players would even turn their backs on the audience, and "performance" was almost a dirty word. Now the show is everything. A few rock groups share the evening with stand-up comedians or clowns and trapeze artists to liven up their act. Some musicians wear mime makeup and practice ersatz Marcel Marceau. Others appear in full drag-flowing scarves, high-heeled wedgies, false eyelashes, mascara, lipstick and cheek-clinging glitter. With the revolt long since gone out of the music, what is left is really a new kind of vaudeville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Vaudeville Rock | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

...traveling alone, quickly became the belle of the bateau, bouncing around barefooted and in hot pants by day and in clinging dresses at night. She so contrasted with the other passengers that one American matron inquired: "Tell me, dear, did the French Line pay your way on board to liven things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Ancient Mariners | 2/14/1972 | See Source »

...Patman's complaints may liven up the banker's-gray image. "Has the Federal Reserve System ever paid for Federal Reserve clubs to have parties at Playboy clubs, complete with appropriately attired bunnies?" Patman demanded, having already received reports on the subject from member banks. Replied Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns: "I didn't know there was that much imagination on the part of any of my colleagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Fun Fed | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

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