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...along the edge of the bar, presumably there to protect them if the bar crashes. The best belly dancing east of Scranton, Pa. goes on in the Egyptian Gardens on West 29th Street. The African Room is full of thatch, fronds, voodoo masks, a men's room called Tarzan and a ladies' room labeled Jane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: The Birds Go There | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

...second; in Santa Monica, Calif. Miss Turner's previous husbands: Clarinetist Artie Shaw; Restaurateur Steve Crane, whom she married twice ("I was lonely. I have to have someone to love, and there was Steve"); Socialite and Tin-Plate Heir Bob Topping ("This is forever"); Film Tarzan Lex Barker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 12, 1960 | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

...voter who isn't blind, I am getting sick and tired of hearing about Jack Kennedy's "good looks." The last time I saw a face like his, Tarzan was feeding it bananas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 26, 1960 | 9/26/1960 | See Source »

...pole vault, the U.S.'s outspoken Don ("Tarzan'') Bragg, 25, had made such an impression on the Italian press that one paper called him "the handsomest athlete in Rome and perhaps the vainest." Holder of the world record at 15 ft. 9¼ in., Bragg caused a brief flurry when he flubbed his first try at the qualifying height of 14 ft. 5¼ in. But when the competition settled down, Bragg forgot his nerves, his gimpy right knee, and the fact that he had to hoist a heavyweight's body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Olympics | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

...stand. High Jumper John Thomas, 19, lectures himself before each attempt ("Now, John, don't duck your head into the bar"), takes his own advice so well that no one thinks his best jump of 7 ft. 3¼ in. is his peak. Pole Vaulter Don ("Tarzan") Bragg, 25, has hauled his fullback's body (6 ft. 3 in., 197 lbs.) up 15 ft. 9¼ in. Broad Jumper Ralph Boston, 21, holds the unofficial world record of 26 ft. 11½ in., will likely get his strongest competition from Germany's Dr. Manfred Steinbach, 27, whose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: To Do a Little Better | 8/29/1960 | See Source »

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