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...staccato shots from the publicity mills last week came news dear to the hearts of the tabloids. In Long Beach, Calif., the commercially sponsored (e.g., Max Factor cosmetics, Catalina swimsuits) contest for Miss U.S.A.-presumably the prettiest unmarried woman in the country-was nearing its climax. Fifteen finalists stood out, having shown more good looks than their 29 sisters representing the beauty of their respective areas. Poured into white bathing suits, the girls swiveled decorously down a runway under the judges' fastened, clinical eyes. Then, with the pomp of a St. James's coronation, the winner was crowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Stairway to the Stars | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

...Death Curse. All work and no play made John a dour boy. What happened next was to make him a dour man. The same year he passed his law examination he married Eula Hicks, the prettiest girl in Sheridan, a tiny thing with a profusion of auburn ringlets. When John went away to World War I (he was discharged as a first lieutenant), something happened to the marriage. Exactly what is locked behind the tight lips of John McClellan himself. Court records show only that

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SENATE: Man Behind the Frown | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

When a photograph of the University appears in a publication, it usually shows a view of Dunster House from the other side of the Charles (above). For, with its entire frontal exposure overlooking the river and the Weeks Bridge, Dunster ranks as one of the the prettiest spots in the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Emphasizes Friendliness Without Becoming Overly 'Gung-Ho' | 3/22/1957 | See Source »

Most of the cast seemed infected by the professor's indiscretions, overdoing the broadest points, throwing away the few finer ones. Sylvia Stahlman (Eurydice) had the prettiest voice, at its best in The Old Time Religion ("Bacchus my king, O let's be romantic"), and Hiram Sherman (Jupiter) hammed his part happily, right down to losing his hula skirt. Musico-medienne Paula Laurence was the most professional of all as Miss P. (for Public) Opinion, "a vestal virgin with a bachelor's degree." Her message: break as many commandments as you please, except for "Thou shalt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Opera Boffola | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...title of "Miss Radcliffe" was first given to Rachel Mellinger '52 the following year. Again the "prettiest annex freshman" from a class of 239 was chosen at the PBH tea dance...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: It Would Have Been Fun... | 9/28/1956 | See Source »

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