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...Baltimore last week, the true drape wore his hair seaweed-long. His shirt was pastel pink and buttoned at the throat (no tie); the jacket was loose, wraparound and without lapels. But the distinctive mark was the black zaks-slacks, that is, that are sharply nipped at the bottom to a narrow cuff. The effect was something between a sagging pair of plus fours and badly fitting jodhpurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Drapes | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

...confession." The priest interrupted: "With your tortures, I didn't know what I was saying." The judge slammed his gavel. "How dare you suggest that our forces of security would descend to inhuman methods?" Father Kalojera replied: "They put electric wires in my mouth and down my throat, and then switched on the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Report On Yugoslavia: A Search for Laughter | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

...stories. But the sound that came forth was a musical, calliope-like peep, barely audible amid the winds swirling around the Tower. Down on the streets, hardly a Chicagoan turned his head. Reported the undaunted Tribune next day : "A thunderous bellow was emitted from [the whistle's] metal throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Whistle That Didn't | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

...soon as the newsmen were all gathered in his big oval office, Harry Truman cleared his throat and began reading a prepared statement. "The United States," he said, "has no desire to obtain special rights or privileges or to establish military bases on Formosa at this time* . . . [it] will not pursue a course which will lead to involvement in the civil conflict in China [and] will not provide military aid or advice to Chinese forces on Formosa." But, concluded the President, the U.S. will "continue the present ECA program of economic assistance," of which $100 million is yet unspent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Leaks & Gossip | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...northeastern Tierra del Fuego lived the fierce Ona tribe. Naked under their calf-length, guanaco-skin capes, the nomadic Ona stood as high as six feet in their fur moccasins, hunted their game (mostly guanaco) with bow & arrow, and spoke a language that sounded like "a man clearing his throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ona-Land | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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