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Unlike Europeans, says Cohn, only four alternatives present themselves to an American couple whose marriage has run into obstacles: 1) "going home to Mamma," 2) "getting a divorce," 3) "getting tight," 4) "draping oneself on a psychoanalytical couch." Shocked by the trials of marriage, men &. women have turned for help to scientists and doctors. Sample findings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Love, Eh? | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

...fair exam" . . . As a result of his efforts in recent reports, "Roadster" Golds borough is now known as "The Distinction Kid." . . . And you can call him "Professor" Zellers if you like, because Chuck just got an offer for a post-war instructorship at the University of Youngstown, his alma mamma. Big All-Star baseball game next Tuesday--Midshipmen vs. Supply Corps officers. Come one, come...

Author: By M. J. Reth, | Title: MIDSHIPMEN | 5/21/1943 | See Source »

Rubber dolls are no more. Their stuffed substitutes will have fewer elastic joints, movable eyes, mamma voices, eating and diaper-wetting apparatuses. Doll clothing, always in the latest style, features narrow skirts, narrow belts, simple lines, in line with WPB directives for adult clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Militoys | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

Dernier Cri. On the Manhattan market appeared a cookie jar that automatically yelled "Mamma!" whenever it was tampered with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 22, 1941 | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...cooperation with the Soviet Union in its struggle against Hitlerism! By week's end the Worker chucked away its olive branch, shut off its no-war dirge and strode out-helmeted, booted and spurred. Gone, all gone, were the whoops against New Deal-tycoon collusion, the sneers at "Mamma" Roosevelt, the ballyhoo for the forthcoming American Youth Congress in Philadelphia as a red-hot peace rally. The Worker even referred to elegant, wing-collared, Groton-schooled Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles as "Mr." There were also many chest-throwing stories of Russian Army prowess written in old-fashioned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Worker Turns Warrior | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

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