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...slim Martin Biles, an ex-Army pilot who hurled his steel-tipped javelin 225 ft. 9 in. (the world's record, held by a Finn: 258 ft. 2f in.). In the twilight, before 20,000 cheering fans, Biles climbed up to the top step of the victors' pyramid, flanked by the two runners-up on lower steps, and was ceremoniously presented as a member of the Olympic squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Missing the Boar | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

After this astonishing upset, Barney slouched toward the pyramid in a dirty sweat suit. Not until he stepped down from the perch did the old Penn State star come to life. Then he danced a jig and sang: "Piccadilly Alley, here I come . . . La, la, la, la ... Come on, Dillard, let's take a shower. We're going to London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Missing the Boar | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

Over the Hurdle? Both the merged companies, though separately owned, were already controlled by the complex holding company pyramid of the Alexander and Baldwin families. In putting both companies into one corporate pocket, Frank Baldwin had several cogent reasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: King of the Canebrakes | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

Whatever the truth, the proposed merger would make Odeon the prime company of Rank's financial pyramid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Trouble for J. Arthur? | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...York Times' annual "Fashions of the Times," sportive designers presented living caricatures of the three basic silhouettes of the "New Look" (see cut): the melon, the pyramid, and the "derrière de Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Nov. 10, 1947 | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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