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...Listened quite patiently as Democrat Paul Douglas, whose home state of Illinois ranks No. 1 in corn production, urged a congressional joint resolution "designating the golden corn tassel as the floral emblem of the U.S." In support of his proposal-duly referred to James O. Eastland's Judiciary Committee-Douglas read a sort of poem written by the late Edna Dean Proctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Balance Tipped | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

...white-suited man goes his way with no thought of the corn-tassel...

Author: By David M. Farquhar, | Title: Garcia Lorca's Reaction to the City Produces a Novel Line of Development | 5/17/1957 | See Source »

...Spanish seamstresses from the ancient Greek models, and hundreds of wigs, beards and mustaches had to be found-along with such items as 50 scars and 36 plastic noses. The publicity department announced proudly that when the shooting stopped "there was not a single imitation precious stone [or] gold tassel left in Madrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

...dinner-dance or rested their corporeal manifestations in the lobby and read "How It Feels to Die-by One Who Has!" in the latest Psychic Observer, or writings with a message, such as I Rode a Flying Saucer-the Mystery of the Flying Saucers Revealed Through George W. Van Tassel-Radioed to You by Other-World Intelligence in Reaction to Man's Destructive Action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: From out of This World | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

Registered with the Jockey Club, in time for this week's Petworth handicap hurdles where her five-year-old Manicou is scheduled to run: Queen Elizabeth's racing colors, blue and buff with black cap and gold tassel. She was the first English queen to register since Queen Anne founded Royal Ascot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Mixture as Before | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

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