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...First to be bold, last to be undone by fellows who had followed the leader and left him behind, Pucci could only retreat or fight. In a virtuoso display of fashion theatrics, he chose to do both, for a starter wrapped two pretty Negro mannequins in hoods and long silk burnooses that whipped off, without warning, to show patches of scanty bikinis underneath...
...Silk to Silver. The man who did most to demonstrate the effectiveness of IUCDS did not live to see the dawn of the new age that he pioneered. German Gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg, born in 1881, began inserting rings in the wombs of his patients in the 1920s. He first used rings made of surgical silk, but soon switched to silver wire. The insertion of wire required dilatation of the cervix, but Dr. Gräfenberg reported few complications and fewer unwanted pregnancies. Yet when other doctors decided to follow his example, there were many complaints-mainly excessive bleeding...
Violence continued, too, on New York subways (TIME, June 12). About 25 Negro youths boarded a subway in the Washington Heights area. Led by a lad in a silk top hat, some of them turned on Pharmacist William Greene, 51, dragged him from his seat, beat him, took his $85 wrist watch and a wallet containing $100. Fifteen other passengers, terrified and outnumbered, watched helplessly. In Harlem, about 15 Negro teenagers, including several girls, found 57-year-old Actor Julian Zalewski alone in a subway car, picked him up, dropped him to the floor, rifled his pockets, took...
...nomination, a party official visited Mrs. Phillips, gave her a reported $25,000-$50,000 and suggested that she take a little vacation-say for six months. Soon afterwards, Carrie and her husband James took a slow boat to the Far East to look into conditions in the raw-silk market...
...there are hundreds of styles to choose from-harem trousers and bellbottom slacks, pantaloons, culottes and jump suits among them. Dressed-up pajamas all, most are sold with tops and accompanying overskirts; available in fancy fabrics like embroidered lace (by Courreges, for $800) as well as lighter weight silk jersey (by Pucci, for $210), Fortrel and cotton (by Sportwhirl, for $35) and Arnel knit (by Loomtogs, for $36), they bloom with checks and flowers, glitter with pearls and gold, or stand out like the moon, all white and stark. Graceful to look at and com fortable to lounge...