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...took a long white envelope from his left sock. He handed over photographs and drawings of rifles and a mosquito boat. (Sebold, as impassive as Buster Keaton, thoughtfully turned the photographs toward the camera.) Duquesne, talking about guns and bombs, pantomimed aiming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Caught in the Act | 9/29/1941 | See Source »

Betty Newell, a bride of four months, is scarcely taller than her driver, weighs 110 lb. in her golfing togs. She can sock a ball farther, they say, than hardy Betty Jameson or husky Patty Berg (now a pro). Two years ago, in her first try for the national championship, she reached the semifinals, lost to tournament-tough Betty Jameson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Another Patty Berg? | 9/22/1941 | See Source »

...Louis is not only the Gene Tunney but the Bobby Jones of his race. He has done more than any other person to popularize golf among Negroes. But on the fairway, Joe is no Jones. Aided by his mighty right, he can sock a ball nearly 300 yards. "But," he moans, "I have trouble with my left hook and just ain't got that delicate touch around the greens." Still, under the private instruction of Bermudian Pro Louis Corbin and Washingtonian Clyde Martin, his present tutor, Louis has become a better than average golfer, has often chalked up scores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Joe's Open | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

...juju consisted of a bunch of chicken feathers well soaked in chicken blood and held together by strips of snakeskin. The witch doctor buried the juju in the earth at the foot of the wind sock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Juju For Wind Socks | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...enable the curse of the juju-a black snake-to emerge and attack any prospective thief. The commanding officer of the flight speaks very highly of the efficiency of the juju, and I concur with him, observing that before the installation of the juju no wind sock ever remained in situ for more than 48 hours, while after its application the wind sock was untouched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Juju For Wind Socks | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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