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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Uric acid retained in the bloodstream is likely to form chalky, stony deposits in the joints and in the cartilage of the ears. Frequently first to suffer is the joint of the big toe, then ankles, knees, hands and wrists. Common symptoms: cramps, inflammation, fever, headache, neuralgia, together with hot, itching feet (known to ancients as "the lisping of the gout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Prime Minister's Gout | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...London, platonic lover of Olive Schreiner (The Story of an African Farm), who called him "my Soul's wifie." At that time, Ellis candidly confesses, he was 5' 10½" tall, weighed 150 Ibs., had a 23-in. mesocephalic head, an unusually high instep, a long great toe, "scented cheeks," and his castoff shirts smelled like cedar. He was planning his life "largely and spaciously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Candor | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

...when war came, nothing seemed to happen: darkness, silence, expectancy, laconic communiques. "What kind of war is this?" asked impatient Lord Beaverbrook in his Evening Standard. Was anything ever going to happen? Were Britain and France in it up to their necks, or had they just put a toe in to see how cold it was? Were they stalling until Poland was beaten to accept the expected German peace offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: // Faut en Finir | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...bowled over himself, Producer Zimbalist observed: "Hedy is just a nice girl, not at all vain, and a hard worker. She has a natural allure. ... If anything, we've attempted to tone down the sex appeal she exudes. . . . All through the picture she is covered from head to toe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 28, 1939 | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...slipper with a whistle built in the toe. When the toe bends, it toots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Path of Progress | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

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