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...Buster Keaton Story (Paramount). The policeman circled the object suspiciously. Its face looked like something that had crawled up through the collar and died. On top of it, as though to keep the flies off, sat a filthy felt skimmer the shape of a garbage-can lid. The soup-stained Ascot tie was asserted by a simple clothespin. The black serge suit was sizes too small and green with experience. The slap shoes were as big as cantaloupe crates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 6, 1957 | 5/6/1957 | See Source »

...Emperor stepped again on terra firma at Tokyo, looking much less nervous than he had before. Crowds of his smiling subjects greeted him with banzais, while news photographers, perched on ladders high above the Emperor's head, told him when to take off and put on his straw skimmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Son of Heaven, '54 | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

...Crimson's sole afternoon victory came in the freshman race between these three schools. The Yardling crew beat Navy by a length and Penn by two and a half lengths in the first race of the Skimmer Day festivities of the University of Pennsylvania...

Author: By Steven C. Swett, | Title: Navy Crew Wins 24th Race; Varsity Third | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

Bliss took successive passes from Tony Patton and Doug Manchester before back-handing an ice skimmer into the lower right hand corner. Again, a Tiger was in the penalty...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lukas, | Title: Experts Predict Struggle for Power As Stalin's Condition Remains Grave | 3/5/1953 | See Source »

Bliss took successive passes from Tony Patton and Doug Manchester before back-handing an ice skimmer into the lower right hand corner. Again, a Tiger was in the penalty...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: Sextet Beats Princeton, 4-2; Faces Eli in Weekend Final | 3/5/1953 | See Source »

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