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...Fiber Y." Even at the press preview, Du Pont took no chances of leaking the process before it hits the market at year's end. Six models wearing Qiana garments were escorted by armed guards to prevent any overanxious competitor from the common practice of snipping a sample swatch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Textiles: Enter Qiana | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

Defining Limits. The evening contained only two recognizable musical moments. At one point, the hornist inexplicably quoted a swatch of Tchaikov sky's Symphony No. 5, and the possibly unhinged trombonist retired to an adjoining terrace to toot 76 Trombones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Festivals: Quick, Karl, the Potentiometer! | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

OPENING NIGHTS AT THE MET (3 LPs; RCA Victor). A small swatch of the gold curtain from the old, abandoned house on 39th Street is tucked into the first 45,000 of these sets, and the albums are selling so fast that Victor would do well to look around for more dry goods. The musical part of the package is also pure nostalgia, consisting of several dozen duets, trios and arias sung by Met stars from Louise Homer (in 1905) to Zinka Milanov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 2, 1966 | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...looks like a kid blowing bubble gum-and his mouth is still so squiggly that it looks as if the bubble had burst. What's more, he now sports a glossy something on his summit that adds at least five inches to his altitude and looks like a swatch of hot buttered yak wool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creaky Pelvis | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

...transports converted by the U.S. Air Force, the plane harassed the Reds with its three General Electric-built "Miniguns"-six-barreled super Catlings that can deliver up to 6,000 rounds of 7.62 mm. slugs a minute. Flying in increasingly widening circles, one Puff can slash a swatch of jungle to salad in moments. At Tuy An it did the trick. The attacking Communists-hard-core troops judging by their khaki uniforms, steel helmets and leather webbing-pulled back with heavy losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Most of the Dying | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

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