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...sipping tea, Chen made them a little speech: "You gentlemen here can trust me when I say I have never squeezed. In this respect-to make a joke-I am 50 years old and like the spinster who has gone through many hard years struggling to keep her virtue spotless and knowing well that relations with a man even once would have ruined her reputation forever." Politely the 100 guests laughed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: House Cleaning | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

...Hills fluttered the flags of the U.S., Australia, the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association and the West Side Tennis Club. As grave and important as Cabinet ministers, tennis' venerable scribes and pharisees sat in the marquee. It was a state occasion. On a table at the edge of the spotless carpet of green turf, looking not unlike a pretentious wedding cake, stood the piece of silver that all the excitement was about: the Davis Cup. This was the first challenge round in the U.S. since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cup Stays Here | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Dressed in spotless white satin, with a pink ribbon in her curly black hair, Margaret made her debut as a concert pianist last week in Chicago's Carey Temple (African Methodist Episcopal). She gave the audience a curtsy, saw that her doll Rosezarian was seated on a chair beside the grand piano, then clambered up on the bench and began a Bach minuet. After that and a selection from Mozart's Magic Flute, her teacher had to ask the audience to hold their applause until the first part of the recital was over. Altogether, Margaret played 14 pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigy | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

...remains in doubt, pending the fortunes of the Blue and the Crimson in the Eastern championships. If the match is not played off as a non-tourney event, last Monday's victory over B.U. will stand as the last individual encounter of the season, and the Crimson's present spotless record will stand untouched...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/8/1947 | See Source »

...Government to blame? Harry Truman jumped into the argument. His hands were not spotless. He had encouraged Labor to clamor for higher wages after V-J day. At the same time, he tried to keep prices hammer-locked. The paradox stalled production. Like most politicians, he had bowed before the sacred idol of support for farm prices, which would keep a floor under food costs until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Those High Prices | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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