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Tension drew itself in the faces of his young listeners. Their hearts beat wildley, they leaned eagerly forward. Schussboomer knew what it meant. "Yes," he said, sadly tapping his pipe on the umbrella stand. "The tea was cancelled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schussboomer Tells Fearful Tale of Skis, Bones, and Tea | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

...spite of all the popular misconceptions, writers do seem to have one characteristic in common--they are individualists. This was borne out in an advanced writing class last Fall, when one Radcliffe member pulled out a huge pipe from her handbag, piled it high with aromatic tobacco, and started smoking with all the guest of an old salt. The ten male writers sitting around the table were left gaping for only a second; from then on they refused to blink, and so the class ended happily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brass Tacks | 2/5/1948 | See Source »

Armed with shotguns made from steel pipe, taking four guards with them as shields, they stumbled through six inches of snow in the prison yard to the north gate. Then the crop-headed convicts, shivering in their grey prison denims, battered off the gate lock and made a getaway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Trouble in Little Siberia | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

...should like to state that, this afternoon, I kept my pipe alight, without relighting, for 113½ minutes-witnessed by my wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...pipe is not abnormal; bowl dimensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 5, 1948 | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

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