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University of Berlin, and so became the first Ph.D. in the family. Meanwhile, at 19, he fell in love with Actress Lily Damita, and sxercised so hard, trying to overcome a certain stringiness of physique, that he developed heart exhaustion and had to take a two-month holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Modern Hohenzollern | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

Lots Better. This year the U.S. State Department acted as sole booking agent, arranged a two-month tour that will take the girls from England to The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and France. A tourist agency took care of transportation, hotels and two meals a day for a total of $1,100 a head (somewhat cheaper than the girls could do it individually). The singers are on their own more than half the time, must get Directress Hiatt's permission only when they stay out later than midnight or go on "single" dates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pilgrims from Smith | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

...history started on March 3, 1939, in the Harvard Union, when freshman Lothrop Withington, Jr., '42, goaded by a bet with his roomates, downed a goldfish never to be upped again. Pocketing a wager of $10 in good 1939 currency for his efforts, the Yardling thus ushered in a two-month period, which "Time Magazine called "among the maddest in the annals of U.S. Undergraduates...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Goldfish Swallowing: College Fad Started Here, Spread Over World | 5/6/1952 | See Source »

...been invaded since 1815, believes in keeping its powder dry, its nose clean and its cupboard full. Two years ago, fearing a World War III, the Swiss government advised its citizens to stock up their pantries. Last week, apprehensive lest its citizens are becoming too complacent, the War Office urged all householders to look to their larders again. For the first time, the War Office arranged for the sale of a $2 package containing a minimum one-person, two-month ration of imported products (two kilos of rice, two of sugar, and one liter of oil). Did the War Office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWITZERLAND: Ready & Unwarned | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

Nurse Sister Kenny, who announced last year that she was suffering from Parkinson's disease and would spend the rest of her life in Australia, told Sydney reporters that she now feels well enough to plan a two-month trip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Young Ideas | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

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