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A parting thought for Joe Neil, Elgin skyscraper, who spent a pleasurable Sunday in the company of a Metro ballet star. Well, kiddies, meet you at midterms.

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 4/10/1945 | See Source »

"Warsaw has a deathly stillness. In the whole panorama from Poniatowski Bridge to Kierbedz Bridge (both wrecked) there was not a single sign of human life. The buildings are not all flattened-some walls stand, but they are shells. The Prudential Insurance skyscraper (twelve stories) had lost its tower and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Warsaw: Deathly Stillness | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

¶Spent a morning at the Navy's skyscraper hospital at Bethesda, Md., for a physical checkup.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Planning Ahead | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

Mr. Behn also reported another war-induced I. T. & T. bonanza: a mounting supply of U.S. dollar exchange building up in Latin America. Brazil and Chile, fat with dollars after many lean years, poured $1,425,494 of deferred debts into I.T.& T.'s coffers last year. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: War Works for I. T. & T. | 5/1/1944 | See Source »

Perhaps you've heard this one, but we were reminded of it when someone mentioned that the Captain had taken the 4 o'clock boat home. It seems a young male civilian had business with an admiral whose offices were located somewhere near the top of a metropolitan skyscraper. "Is...

Author: By Ensign Long, | Title: NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 2/25/1944 | See Source »

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