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...hash-houses, sleeping when he could, trying to stay fit for one big match after another. Last week Big Jake cast a quizzical eye upon 190-lb. Pancho Gonzales, 21, twice U.S. amateur champion and current aspirant to Kramer's professional throne. Said Kramer: "He'll melt off some of that weight, and every pound will make it tougher on me. Pancho didn't get enough work as an amateur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Work | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

Tito had a heavy tan, which made his white-streaked blond hair seem even lighter in color, but he did not look 57. His face was just as mobile as ever, and his harsh look would melt into a ready laugh as he used his hands to emphasize a point. He appeared to be enjoying life, and if he felt under any strain it was not apparent. He wore dazzling white flannel slacks and a pale blue sport shirt embroidered with the monogram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: The Broncobuster | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...Stockholm's fashionable shopping center, he met Baroness Sigrid ("Siri") Wrangel, an angel with Nordic frosting, looking as sweetly innocent as if caviar would not melt in her mouth. It was love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poppa Could See in the Dark | 8/15/1949 | See Source »

Would the game draw revenue to redress the Casino's deficit? On the next night, Albert Jauffret, who had studied "les craps, version originate" in the U.S. this spring, was wary: "It's still a little early for the ice to melt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONACO: Les Crops | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...cramming most of the fuselage, were thick-walled tanks of "lox" (liquid oxygen) and alcohol. Tucked away in odd places, even under his feet, were heavy flasks of nitrogen gas compressed to 4,500 Ibs. a square inch. The windshield (of glass, rather than plastic, so it would not melt from air friction) was too small to give much visibility. From all sides, and above and below, a bristle of controls, dials and warning lights pressed on the pilot's seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man in a Hurry | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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