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...traditional oriental silence, last week, the grizzled Prime Minister, in his stocking feet, courteously received Correspondent Barnet Nover of the Buffalo News. A Japanese of the old school, Baron Tanaka never wears shoes except on formal state occasions. Rheumatic, he must be supported by a stalwart valet while being shod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: No Retreat | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

...least, we're told he did)-But that our TIME with clay is shod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 10, 1928 | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...weeks time, however, the bare, picturesque feet of Portugal will be shod. Naturally shoe purveying acquaintances of General Carmona will profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Shoes by Decree | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...which Actor Chaplin, with all the fine frenzy of a gourmet dissecting a brace of broiled quail, ate a Christmas dinner consisting of an old, very tough, boiled boot; or that in which he amused his imaginary guests with a miniature ballet dance, furnished by two forks, each shod with a roll. But it would be very difficult not to laugh at Charles Chaplin when he finds that the wire is broken which was to have preserved his equilibrium on the high, dangerous tightrope; and when, to add to this horrible predicament, three vicious monkeys run after him and tear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 16, 1928 | 1/16/1928 | See Source »

...they started merrily to such songs as the "International" and the "Red Flag." Leading the procession were red flags and the two banners which read: "On to London, the seat of our trouble" and "We demand bread for our people, justice for the miners." All were stoutly shod and all carried an extra pair of "boots." A rolling kitchen and a motor truck filled with supplies followed them, and there was an ambulance with well-trained male nurses to look after sore and swollen feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Cook's Army | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

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