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Later F found herself in a secret bat cavern deep in the mountains nearby Paris. She wore a circlet of peacock feathers about her neck and the words "Property of the batboys" were written in silver tape in a heart shape around her navel...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: THE STORY OF F | 3/4/1967 | See Source »

Star of the showings was West Coast Designer James Galanos. His dresses were often tailored close to the figure, and belts were placed high to emphasize the bosom. One culotte dress had large, oval-cut armholes, another a V neck slashed almost to the navel. Evening gowns featured the bare look with slanting necklines draped off one shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: The Bosom Rediscovered | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

...grasp of English led them aboard a spacecraft and inspected the captives separately. Barney's removable dentures mystified his examiners; so did the dissimilarity between his skin and his wife's-he is a Negro; she.is white. A 6-in. needle was inserted into Betty's navel; she was told it was a pregnancy test. After a while the Hills, dazed and in a state bordering on amnesia, were taken back to their car. They finished their journey, reaching Portsmouth two hours later than they had anticipated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Testament for Believers | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

...neck. Bright little points glittered all down the front of the liquid man kneeling beside me. I knew at once that he was a policeman, and I thought he was performing some ritual operation on me. There was a confusion in my mind between being brought to life-forceps, navel-cords, midwives -and being put to death-ropes, axes and black masks; but whatever it was that was happening, I felt that all men came to this at last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Minor Masterpiece | 7/29/1966 | See Source »

...Ikeya-Seki comet appeared on Indonesia's eastern horizon early one morning last October. From the base of the volcano Agung, navel of creation and home of the Great Gods, the mystic prophets of the island of Bali watched it streak through the sky for ten days and were alarmed. It was an omen, they warned, of much death and change of government in the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Vengeance with a Smile | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

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