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...British tourist from flopping hat brim to suede shoes, Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd-hung with beach robe, towel, goggles, slippers and a florid sports shirt-headed for the beach on Spain's Costa Brava...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 15, 1958 | 9/15/1958 | See Source »

...bowler hat trying to catch a tram. Tabori came on to make a brief challenge, but Elliott stayed in command. He had no noticeable finishing kick; he merely ran fast all the way. Coach Cerutty stood at the head of the stretch wildly waving a towel, the signal that there was a chance to break the world's record (3:58). As usual, Herb Elliott's competition was only the clock, and he fell a few ticks short. Time for the mile: 3:58.1. Tabori was second, a shade on the wrong side of four minutes. Well beaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Steamed Out | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...algae, which will convert them into something edible, also consume carbon dioxide and make oxygen. Another possibility is foreseen by the Navy's Biochemist Dr. Carl Clark, who offers the spaceman a diet of sugar water, enriched with vitamins, minerals and protein factors, and thickened with shredded paper towel. It would taste just as good, he says, every time around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: OUTWARD BOUND | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...usual, her favorite costume is the wrap-around towel that does not quite wrap around. Unhappily, the makers of this movie spend so much time exposing Brigitte that they seem to overlook the exposition of the story-which becomes especially unclear whenever Actress Bardot is on the screen. Still and all, the plot makes more sense than some of the subtitles. "Merde!" cries Brigitte, and the English translation helpfully explains: "Ouch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 12, 1958 | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

...ferry these around, Maksik employs roughly 100 waiters (in black cutaways and black-and-gold-striped waistcoats), 40 busboys and seven captains. Counting his bartenders, stagehands and bandsmen, Maksik has 275 people on his staff at the height of the season, and a weekly payroll of $25,000. His towel bill alone runs to $1,200 a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Miami in Flatbush | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

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