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Extra helpings of desserts, meats, and milk have been curtailed in an effort to forestall future hikes in board rate, as food products are the quickest to react to inflationary trends...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class of '56 at Harvard Called Extra Large; 280 Expected to Sign in at 'Cliffe's Briggs | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

...week's end the Government's official nudging, shielding and introducing force had yet to figure out just what Feisal was thinking about anything. He had four weeks more to go, and perhaps would react more strongly to Detroit production lines and western dams. But at the moment only one conclusion was possible: the King had a nice smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Hey King | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

...minute, that the worst thing a stutterer can do is to try to hide his defect. Stutterers are encouraged to read aloud, to exaggerate their stutter, joke about it. Each summer they are sent out to talk to at least 200 strangers. They keep notes on how those strangers react, and are amazed to find that only one in 100 would ever dream of ridiculing them. As their fear melts away, the stutterers relax and begin to face their handicap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Are You Emb-b-b-barrassed? | 8/25/1952 | See Source »

...Married (20th Century-Fox) is a sort of comic sequel to A Letter to Three Wives, which showed how a rumor of infidelity affected a trio of young suburban matrons. The current picture shows the way five husbands and their wives react to the news that they are not legally married. An absent-minded justice of the peace (Victor Moore) had married them before his commission went legally into effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 28, 1952 | 7/28/1952 | See Source »

...snow-flakes). For bags under the eyes and heavy beard line, pancake make-up is prescribed, while face powder will take the shine off an oily skin or a bald head. Candidates who ordinarily wear glasses should keep them on during TV because "eyes accustomed to glasses will react unnaturally without them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Don't Shout | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

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