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Socialist Britain had its topsy-turvy aspect as well, and from there last week came a story of a London visitor who was inordinately impressed with the satiny polish given his shoes by a hotel boot boy. Next morning he arose especially early to catch the "boots" and congratulate him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: THE STORIES THEY TELL, Nov. 29, 1948 | 11/29/1948 | See Source »

Topsy-Turvy

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1947 | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

I call your attention to ... Foreign News (same issue). ... In order to make sense out of the map he is studying, Mr. Jan Masaryk is forced to put his spectacles on upsidedown. What a topsy-turvy world we live in.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 27, 1947 | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

Last week Boston winced again. This time the Veterans of Foreign Wars, zipped up by young bloods of World War II, turned Tremont Street into a topsy-turvy midway. As before, bonfires blazed and city-bred hoodlums filtered through the chaos to multiply the veterans' pranks.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: Boston Tea Party | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

Newsmen trying to find their bearings in the topsy-turvy world were reminded of another key to the Japanese in The Mikado:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Gentlemen of Japan | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

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