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...Truman's vacation preserve was invaded by another rude noise: a crew of workmen showed up to install a teletypewriter to handle in triplicate all the messages demanding presidential veto-or signature-for the highly volatile Kerr gas bill (see BUSINESS). Most ringing of all was a round robin from mayors of 18 principal U.S. cities urging a veto in the name of their millions of gas consumers. Harry Truman, originally reported ready to sign the bill, delayed his decision until he returned to Washington...
...Tokyo's sprawling red-light district, other Japanese revived a rite of spring. For centuries up to 1913, the annual parade of Tokyo's fairest prostitutes had been a vernal harbinger as reliable as the appearance of the first robin. Under U.S. regulations prostitutes are outlawed, but Tokyo's brothels, thinly disguised as "teahouses," still cater to an average of 500 customers nightly. Last week, each leaning on an attendant and trying her best to walk in the traditional graceful gait of her calling, under the weight of a 6-lb. wig and suffocatingly embroidered antique costume...
Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England, by Robin Cruikshank. Informal chapters on the sturdy characters and irritating characteristics of Queen Victoria's energetic subjects (TIME, March...
Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England, by Robin Cruikshank. Informal chapters on the sturdy characters and irritating characteristics of Queen Victoria's energetic subjects (TIME, March...
Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England, by Robin Cruikshank. Random, informal chapters on the sturdy characters and irritating characteristics of Queen Victoria's energetic subjects (TIME. March...