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...about time something funny-or even serious-happened to the professional dog-lovers, and for half the distance, Ford is barking merrily at their tweedy trouser seats. Alas, he never takes the true material in his teeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kennel Ration | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

Although Democratic Chairman William Boyle Jr. avowed that everything was on the up & up, some inexplicable coincidences, like burrs, were sticking to his well-tailored trouser legs. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, with its nose close to the ground, spotted them and pointed them out last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Mr. Boyle's Trouser Legs | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

...exuberance about it, and he looks more like a fugitive from an Ivy League library than a nightclub entertainer. As he picks up the beat of Happy Go Lucky or It's a Lovely Day, he bounces on the balls of his feet, catches his thumbs in his trouser pockets and flashes a boyishly toothy grin. With his air of the self-satisfied sophomore, 26-year-old Russell Nype has made quite a name for himself in the entertainment world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Horn-Rimmed Harvey | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

...Elizabeth and Princess Margaret visited Stratford-on-Avon for the Shakespeare birthday celebrations. Backstage, the King noticed that the Order of the Garter had been improperly laid out on Actor Anthony Quayle's Henry VIII costume. Sitting down on the couch, he told Quayle to roll up his trouser legs, fitted it on correctly with his own hands. Meanwhile Princess Elizabeth was also celebrating a birthday-her 24th-with the Duke of Edinburgh, on duty with the British Fleet at Malta. In the midst of the festivities, the party almost broke up when planes from the U.S. carrier Midway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 1, 1950 | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

...from the cells below directly into the prisoner's dock, appeared Dr. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs. The court clerk solemnly read the indictment accusing Fuchs of communicating "to a person unknown information relating to atomic research . . . directly or indirectly useful to an enemy." His hand thrust into his trouser pocket, Fuchs whispered: "Guilty." In the visitors' gallery, which was packed with distinguished spectators, the Duchess of Kent toyed with her salmon-pink rose corsage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Thank You, My Lord | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

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