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...Baritone Alexander Sved) threw her to the floor, he really threw her; Jeritza had insisted on realism. Once on the floor, she sang the famous aria "Vissi d'arte" lying prone as usual.* When Scarpia lifted her to her feet, she pushed him away so hard that the sofa he fell into almost went over backward. In the third act, weeping over the dead Cavaradossi, she managed real tears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Exactly Right for Vienna | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

...Industrial Designer Henry Dreyfuss had planned her fittings, which will take until next January to complete, to combine luxury with some of the casual comfort of a modern U.S. home. Features: staterooms with sofa berths which make them convertible into daytime sitting rooms; "penthouse" apartments (living room, bedroom, two baths, two dressing rooms and private terrace); air-conditioning throughout, including the roomy quarters for the 578-man crew. There are shops, restaurants, cocktail bars, a gymnasium, nursery, theater, library, swimming pool and, to make Americans feel at home, a soda fountain. With the Independence and her twin sister Constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Thing of Beauty | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

...most improbable act of all would be. It would be a man who climbs up to the rafters and jumps down to the floor. The 1950 circus finally has one, named Leon de Rousseau or "Drop-along Placidly." That's all, he just jumps. He lands on a tiny sofa cushion and walks away...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: THE CIRCUSGOER | 5/12/1950 | See Source »

Briggs has had a "pet mouse" for several months, who roams about the first floor inspecting the "callers' nooks." Rumor has it that the animal lives in the sofa, but no one has ever checked to make sure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rodents Romp at Radcliffe, Blithely Invite Eradication | 4/13/1950 | See Source »

While the wheels of justice creaked, Lewis buried his brother. This week he was due back in his seat on the pea-green sofa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Man on the Pea-Green Sofa | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

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