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...Neapolitan merchant: "We never thought Kennedy would pass such an anti-democratic law." Cried another: "This damned law is ruining my business. We show them fine jewelry, and they say: 'It's wonderful, but we can't spend more than $100.'" In Paris, a salesgirl in a Rue Royale glove shop said: "Oh, les pauvres Américains I Eef zis 'appen to us, we would do avrysing een our power to disobey, even smuggling. But zee Americains are too weel deesciplined to do sings like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Les Pauvres Americains | 9/22/1961 | See Source »

...Dresdeners, Americans are people from another planet. The mother of a young boy asked if she could have an empty U.S. cigarette pack "as a remembrance." Surprisingly, most were fearlessly outspoken about their dislike of Communist Boss Walter Ulbricht's regime. "Why did you come here?" asked a salesgirl wonderingly. "Why does anyone come here?" Quipped a bitter bartender: "Have a socialist drink: crush one potato in a glass, drink it fast and try to think of vodka." "Shall I describe how it is to live here?" sneered a girl government clerk. "It stinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany: Desolate & Desperate | 8/4/1961 | See Source »

...prowl for a likely vote getter in next December's Senate elections, the Australian Republican Party went to a promising place. Adelaide's Charles Birk's department store, picked out a $25-a-week salesgirl, broad-shouldered, brunette Olympic Swimming Champion Dawn Fraser, 23. Figuring that her five world records would make her all but unbeatable in swim-conscious Australia, the party invited Dawn to carry its banner but got a polite brush-off. "I understand one of the party's aims is to do away with the royal family." said loyal Monarchist Dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 9, 1961 | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

During the second stage, the ex-addict works at a regular job on the outside, contributes part of his wages to the group, continues to live at the house. One such is a middle-class college graduate who is now a salesgirl in a Santa Monica department store, after a flight that took her through prostitution and prison. Despite the new start, she still feels unable to live on her own in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: S.S. Hang Tough | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...gruesome circumstances" and substitutes "glamorous" for "sexy"; the Commercial Appeal warns its reporters to "write nothing that will spoil the appetite." The Chicago Tribune permits "s.o.b.," but defines it as a "Trumanism." The Los Angeles Times, concluding that all women aren't ladies, ungallantly applies its conclusion: "A salesgirl or a saleswoman is not a saleslady, and a washerwoman is not a washlady, so a scrubwoman cannot be a scrublady." In Detroit, the News withholds the title of "Mr." from all males who are not Protestant clergy, dead, or the President of the United States. "However," cautions the News...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Reporter's Guide | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

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