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They-about 5,000 of them a month -drop in to keep appointments with us, enter subscriptions to our magazines, find out what to see and where to go in New York City. They also come in to browse, snooze, primp, knit, read a good book, rendezvous with friends, or just to get out of the rain. Often enough there isn't a vacant seat left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 9, 1946 | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Most prominent member of Latitude Zero's cast is the persistently romantic Elaine Barrie, whose ex-husband John Barrymore rehearses for the Vallee show a couple of doors away. Although Elaine is careful to primp herself before leaving the studio, she has never run into John. His agent and her's see to that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Latitude Zero | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

Women usually primp themselves for death, men rarely. Jews are less self-destructive than Roman Catholics; Roman Catholics less so than Protestants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Suicide Time | 6/13/1932 | See Source »

...negative votes were permitted. Every ballot cast was a ballot for Primp de Rivera and there existed every opportunity for his henchmen to dragoon the illiterate peasantry to the polls and force them to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: 6,000,000 Ballots | 9/27/1926 | See Source »

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