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Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced something promising: a synthetic weed killer, isopropyl-N-phenyl carbamate (IPC), which does away with at least one kind of grass without hurting certain broad-leaved crops such as sugar beets and spinach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Grass Killer | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

...radio's women's home companions is 27-year-old Florence Pritchett, a bejeweled, baritone-voiced ex-model who takes the air as "Barbara Welles." Flossy's voice is husky, refined and thrillingly intimate as she says: ". . . Tear crisp green leaves of four-times-washed spinach into appetizing pieces. Moisten with French dressing and toss together in salad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Personality | 6/30/1947 | See Source »

Down in the village where the Freshmen live, rowing activity centers about "Ma" Gerholz's Croften training table, where three of the championships eight got their spinach. "What Delilah did to Samson, what Frankle did to Johnny, are nothing compared to what we can do to Harvard," says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley Crew Drops Handkerchief Before Crimson Faces as It Asserts 'Victory or Bust' | 5/22/1947 | See Source »

Wives and daughters of Boston's more adept coupon clippers and a smattering of almost shamefaced Harvardmen gathered amidst the lime-colored elegance of the Copley Plaza Oval Room early this week to partake of creamed chicken and the spinach that if fashion. In an effort to obtain a masculine insight on feminine fashions the management successively selected, wined, dined, and embarrassed an all-male jury...

Author: By William S. Fairfield and Burton S. Glinn, S | Title: Hopes Rise as Necklines Fall at Copley Fashion Show; Seerscukered Crimeditors Judge Beribboned Beauties | 5/9/1947 | See Source »

Recreation. The Pope's lunch, too, is solitary. Following the tradition of his predecessors, the Pontiff has not eaten a meal with anyone since his elevation. He has a preference for rice soup, small portions of spaghetti and white meat. He likes vegetables, especially spinach, of which he eats sizable quantities. He drinks a small glass of white wine (red wine on very cold days). After lunch he takes one cup of strong black coffee, then rests for exactly one hour. Meticulously punctual, he goes back to work when the little gold alarm clock warns him that the hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pope's Day | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

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