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...longer, it can clearly be seen, will men be content with the sober greys and browns and blacks of common use. No longer will the proud possessor of a "well turned calf" hide it in flapping cylinders, or at best set it forth to little advantage under plus fours. It is only a question of time, and of the advent of a man of spirit, before the black and white of evening dress gives way to silken hose and satin knee-breeches, vests of gorgeous brocade and cloaks of rainbow colors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SILKS AND SATINS | 4/11/1927 | See Source »

Suppose a millionaire, proud possessor of a portion of the world's art treasures, dying, should command his property burned, destroyed irrevocably? Last week, in France, a funeral took place. Into the grave of one Alexandre Bailie, musician, was lowered his violin, of famed Stradivarius make. The deceased had decreed that the Stradivarius be buried with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Tunnel | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., Sept. 23 Mrs. Mary Sweazey, proud possessor of a three story brick building on High Street in this city, is literally sitting athwart the $12,000,000 expansion program of Yale University. Directly in the path of the growth of Yale University is her house, and nothing short of a court order seems likely to evict...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE VS. MRS. SWEAZEY STIRS NEW HAVEN COURT | 9/24/1926 | See Source »

...until once he passed him grinning and refused to drop back, but spurted on through Brookline, Coolidge Corner and Governor's Square to-Exeter Street, where Johnny Miles grinned a broader grin, flung up his arms and burst the tape, not only winner of a historic race but possessor of a new world's record by the astonishing margin of nearly four minutes. The new record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Marathon | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

...dictatorship moves with most speed. And among dictators, Premier Pangalos rivals Mussolini for absoluteness and Mustafa for ingenuity. The Greek ruler's latest bid for fame is based on financial wizardry of a sort Monsieur Caillaux never conceived of. By simple proclamation, so "Time" reports, Pangalos forces every possessor of a bank note with a face value of more than twenty five drachmas to snip an end therefrom. The snipped notes, worth three quarters of the legend printed on them, continue to circulate dolefully while the other quota goes to the "National Forced Loan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PONZIED PREMIER | 2/4/1926 | See Source »

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