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Like his painting, De Pisis' life has combined elegance with fastidious aloofness from the rougher realities. The son of a minor Italian nobleman, as a boy he preferred botany to ball games. He was tutored at home. In 1925, after his father had died, leaving him a small legacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Humming Bird | 7/9/1951 | See Source »

Astounding quantities of insipid British blends pour out, of the Wellesley teapots every day. The faculty has teas for students. The students have teas for the faculty. The faculty and administration swap teas. Every dormitory has a weekly tea. Societies bring in new pledges through a system of "open" and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wellesley: the Girl Behind the Teapot | 5/12/1951 | See Source »

But it was not the government's dish. As it concentrated on quantity, the quality dropped, since the government could not gear its prices to the numerous varieties of teas that are needed to make good blends. British tea lovers were bitter, and brokers loudly grumbled that they could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: Reading the Tea | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

Did that mean that the government had learned its lesson and would give up its bulk buying of meat, fruit and other foodstuffs whose quality and quantity have also dropped because of the purchasing system? Certainly not, said the Ministry. Nor will the tea change necessarily give Britons a better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: Reading the Tea | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

At the meeting, Dean Kirby-Miller will discuss the choice of a field and reveal the program of discussions and teas planned for the week. Fields must be chosen by May 2.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Freshmen Must Attend Concentration Meeting Monday | 4/14/1951 | See Source »

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