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...worst victims are subject to terrifying sensations. Their arms and legs, like reflections in an amusement park's crazy mirror, seem to change size and shape continually. The ground rolls like an ocean swell. The simplest tasks become all but impossible. Victims are unable to sew without making their hand a pin cushion, to peel a potato without cutting it in half, to crack an egg without smashing it. The ears ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Labyrinthine Way | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...scored two second-half touchdowns to lead Kansas to a 23-7 upset of previously undefeated Missouri, the nation's top-ranked team. The surprise victory gave the Kansas Jayhawkers their first Big Eight championship since 1930. Determined Minnesota rammed across two touchdowns in the fourth period to sew up a 26-7 win over Wisconsin and tie Iowa for the Big Ten title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Nov. 28, 1960 | 11/28/1960 | See Source »

...Bethlehem, a precinct that had voted for the winner in every 20th-century election went for Kennedy, 576-380, and the news was flashed to Hyannisport by direct telephone wire. Kennedy was building toward a 600,000 lead in Chicago's Cook County-presumably more than enough to sew up the state. New York City was going predictably Democratic. And not even in upstate New York, where Republicans hoped to offset Kennedy's expected city bundle, was the news good for Nixon. After liking Ike in both 1952 and 1956, Syracuse was giving Kennedy an early lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COUNT: Hour-by-Hour | 11/16/1960 | See Source »

...Antonio, Sime whisked home in 10.1 sec. to tie the listed world record, sew up his place on the team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: We're Ready | 8/22/1960 | See Source »

...little suits" were once more the high-fashion hit. It was hardly a surprise: for the past 40 years a large share of the history of feminine fashion has been tailored by slim, dark-haired "Coco" (Little Pet) Chanel, 78, the designer's designer who never learned to sew. Her own modest formula for success: "We don't need genius, just a lot of skill and a little taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: High Priestess of High Fashion: GABRIELLE CHANEL | 8/22/1960 | See Source »

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