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...vigorous figure of 61 with rosy cheeks filled out to their rotund par. The Hoover health had been restored solely by short morning walks near his Palo Alto home with his elkhounds "Weegie" and "Negri," by 45 min. drives up to San Francisco in his tan Buick touring car, Mr. Hoover at the wheel. The Hoover state of mind, while still definitely solemn, had been improved by the tranquillity of his surroundings, his gardens, the view from his window of the quiet Coast Range and placid San Francisco Bay. But Herbert Hoover had not returned to Palo Alto to dodder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: GOPossibilities | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

...Other press names for Louis: Brown Bomber, Ring Robot, Alabama Assassin, Dead-Pan Joe, Sepia Slasher, Dark Angel, Tan Thunderbolt, Detroit Dynamiter, Wildcat Warrior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Fight | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

...intervals to prevent shrinkage. Near-natural color could have been obtained by adding an aniline dye to the embalming fluid. The American Academy of Embalming last week declared that a corpse embalmed in 1889 is still undiminished in size and intact except for loss of weight and a deep tan color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: God Under Glass | 9/9/1935 | See Source »

...last week officially opened with an inexpensive, inept, vulgar and apologetic musical review called Smile at Me (sketches by Edward J. Lambert, music by Gerald Dolin and Lambert: produced by Harold K. Berg). Strewn through an evening of unqualified shoddy were a few good vaudeville turns: singing by light tan Avis Andrews; a sadistic Death dance by Vito and Piri; a sadistic Hawaiian dance by Paul and Poppy Mears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Season's First | 9/2/1935 | See Source »

...opening it at random because he usually forgets what he has read before. His preternatural reluctance to talk about himself or other matters is one of the traits that forced sportswriters into an unparalleled display of nickname-coining last week. Among their inventions : Brown Bomber, Alabama Assassin, Sepia Slasher. Tan Thunderbolt, Detroit Dynamiter, Jolting Joe and Dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bomber, Assassin, Slasher | 7/8/1935 | See Source »

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