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...William Ayers is not bull-necked for nothing. Says he, keeping out of earshot of Editor Bradley: "I'm going to have that all-girl copy desk yet-the swellest hennery in town. Maybe my approach wasn't right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESS: The Women | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

...world's two most famous legs at the ankle. . . Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano had his tonsils out. . .Cinemactress Brenda Marshall had an appendectomy week after husband William Holden. . .Publicity Division: Cinemactress Brenda Joyce's teeth were picked by the Southern California Dental Association as the swellest in Hollywood. . . Warner Bros. insured the beard of Monty Woolley (The Man Who Came to Dinner) for $10,000. The insurance company's provisos : Woolley has to wear a fireproof silk beard snood, smoke through a noncombustible cigaret holder, refrain from smoking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Sep. 8, 1941 | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

...swellest dresser, with them nifty shirts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Food for Light Thought | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Moise Kisling. A fiery Polish Jew, friend for 20 years of such notable scapegraces as Utrillo, 46-year-old Kisling surprised gallery-goers with his weight of opulent color and delicate draughtsmanship. Included were two nudes of Kiki, catlike Queen of the Paris models, who once called Kisling "the swellest guy in the world," now sings sailor songs in her own Paris cafe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: New Season | 10/18/1937 | See Source »

Where the swellest Seniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON BREAKFAST. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

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