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...Texas' Democratic Governor John Connally wore Western boots, a big felt Stetson, checkered sports shirt, tan twill pants. His right arm, in a cast from the wrist to the elbow, was supported by a black-bandanna sling. "I'll ride with you," the Governor told his visitor. "Turn right and go on down that road. We've got some work to do on these roads, but they aren't as bad as they look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Close to the Land | 1/17/1964 | See Source »

...looked tan and relaxed; apparently he enjoyed himself although he did not express much emotion. Kennedy stood up to cheer only once as the teams moved up and down the field, scoring only three points apiece. Most of the time the President smoked a small cigar, chewed on his sunglasses, and chatted with aides Dave Powers and Larry O'Brien...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kennedy and Harvard: A Complicated Tie | 11/26/1963 | See Source »

Over at Eagle Shirtmakers, Inc. in Quakertown, Pa., the boardroom boys fretted over an industry shortcoming: too many clothing manufacturers cloak colors with such drably unimaginative names as dark blue or light tan. Eagle proposed a contest for more colorful descriptions, as a starter suggested navel orange and whizzer white. Along Madison Avenue, and in Mineola, Mamaroneck and Montclair, the game caught on. Eagle has been deluged with a chromatic list of imaginative new colors. Among them: gang green, forever amber, sick bay, hash brown, dorian grey, hi ho silver and statutory grape. Upcoming out of Quakertown: a shirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Color Me Novel | 11/22/1963 | See Source »

...volunteers themselves spending a summer with an Indian tribe was successful in several ways. As they anticipated there was a chance to get a tan and draw far away from the Cambridge grind. But, as Judy Norman pointed out, "many volunteers also learned from the Indians as well as teaching them...

Author: By Lawrence W. Feinberg, | Title: PBH Project Helps Dispel Indian Apathy | 11/20/1963 | See Source »

...picture him as short and tan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Light Fantastic | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

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