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...indeed will be any civilian exposed to mustard gas while wearing a pair of rubber panties for a gas mask [TIME, Sept. 7]. The average rubber pant is of similar thickness to a surgeon's rubber glove; it is well known that these gloves become dangerous to wear after 15 minutes' exposure to mustard-gas vapor. This particular grade of rubber is not only an inadequate protection but even accentuates mustard-gas burns as well as permanently contaminating the rubber itself. Mustard gas is soluble in rubber and a droplet that would produce only a small blister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 28, 1942 | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

...lawyer," pant presser, adviser, almost second father to hundreds of Harvard men. Once, when he had only a few hours left to catch a boat to South America, he was hurriedly called by the father of a student whose son was on the way to jail for some minor offense. Some time later, the offender was back in college and Benny smiled with satisfaction when he received the cablegram of thanks. This is only one of many times that Benny Jacobson has pulled Harvard men out of the fire with his mysterious sleight of hand. But it isn't always...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SILHOUETTE | 5/8/1942 | See Source »

...when he was supposed to visit the White House, he arrived at his office with muddy shoes, rolled-up pant legs, two ties hitched together in place of a belt. He had been on a stroll in muddy Rock Creek Park, had forgotten to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Winant Reports | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

...Yard squirrel came to the aid of three damsels in distress yesterday morning, when he ran up a laundry salesman's pant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chivalrous Squirrel Protects Maidens, Routs Salesman | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...David Selznick did not "pant." He was sincerely thrilled at his award...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 31, 1941 | 3/31/1941 | See Source »

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