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¶Madame de Montluçon, who once showed Senator Daudier her low-necked Chanel dress, which crawled with "rather large pearl caterpillars." "Quite edible," said the Senator, "but I should have preferred to have the caterpillars served in a separate dish."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Meshes of Anamorphosis | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

Shumaker left the industry as a fanatic believer in educational films. Under him, since 1935, ERPI has been carefully studying school curriculums, shaping its film tools to fit. ERPI, while a leader in its field, has thus far failed to electrify education. But wartime experiences are making education much more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Britannica Films | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

Recognition of the two men who ran the Marshalls show was also a sop to admirals at sea who would be more than likely to resent the promotions of three landbound rear admirals to three stars. The three, all capable bureau chiefs: bull-necked Ben Moreell (Yards and Docks); Ross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - COMMAND: New Jobs, New Stars | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

Low tide that morning bared the bodies of many Marines, some hunched grotesquely, others with arms outstretched, all arrested while charging forward. At regimental headquarters, located 30 yards inland against a Jap log-and-steel-laced blockhouse, staff officers worked grimly. Colonel David Shoup, huge, bull-necked commander of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report On Tarawa: Marines' Show | 12/6/1943 | See Source »

Warm Hearts. For two days, in a do-gooder atmosphere of maiden ladies, ministers, matrons, high-school students and professors, the Peoria convention drowsed and listened to worthy speeches by Representative Will Rogers Jr., ex-Ambassador William Bullitt, Federal Union's President Streit. Peoria's Hotel Pè...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planners in Peoria | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

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