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To the opulent estancieros whose ranches cover most of Argentina the smartest rendezvous on earth is El Jockey Club in sophisticated Buenos Aires. One night last week the sumptuously baroque club was con fiesta for some jovial Britons. Champagne popped and sizzled. Frankly the Britons admitted they were out for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Trade Embassy | 9/23/1929 | See Source »

"The chief problems of present-day dance-hall supervision are: 1) Supervision of music, dancing and general conduct in the halls; 2) Provision for and protection of minors; and 3) Control of the after-the-dance rendezvous. . . .

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dance Halls Surveyed | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

In Caligula's time, 12-41 A.D., the popular rendezvous of Rome's patrician bounders was Lake Nemi (Nemorensis Lacus). There among symbolic oak trees was the Temple of Diana, richest in Latium. Diana was the moon goddess, Caligula's unreachable hope. Every time she was full he would stretch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Salvaging Caligula | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

An old ledger once the property of the proprietor of the Boston Exchange Coffee House has recently been presented to the Baker Library of the Business School and recalls the part once played by that institution in the social and commercial life of Boston. The edifice, illustrated above, was built...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Antiquated Ledger Shows Once Prominent Position of Boston Exchange Coffee House---Rendezvous of Leaders | 2/1/1929 | See Source »

Artist Arno was christened Curtis Arnoux Peters. He is a robust, dark fellow, as conservative in appearance and dress as a discreet haberdashery poster. In 1922 he graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., where he was voted "Most Musical" and "In Worst with the Faculty." Then he took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Whoops Sisters Man | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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