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Finally, the underwear man came through the door, greeted by a weak cheer. The Harvard men were shepherded downstairs to a room where a rehearsal was in progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: They Came to Purloin Her Panties, But Hope Diamond Was Not There | 11/24/1965 | See Source »

Someone said "go". They charged across the room and pounced on the underwear. The photographer took his pictures, and the students were allowed to keep their prey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: They Came to Purloin Her Panties, But Hope Diamond Was Not There | 11/24/1965 | See Source »

...not?as the run on shirts, socks and underwear, the appearance of thousands of haggard employees and the empty spaces at 30% of the desks and workbenches throughout the city amply proved. With few exceptions, New Yorkers the morning after could fully appreciate the sign that appeared in the window of a littered midtown Automat: PARDON OUR APPEARANCE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Northeast: The Disaster That Wasn't | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

...biggest boom is in nylon, which is woven into tire cord and tennis nets, safety belts, inflatable domes and underwear. Italy's Snia Viscosa is spending $72 million on nylon expansion, has formed a traveling choir to promote its nylon-based Lilion fiber. Britain's Imperial Chemical and Courtaulds both had to ration nylon shipments to weavers last year, are spending more than $150 million to double their productive capacity. Germany's Glanzstoff and Farbenfabriken Bayer are also doubling their nylon output...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Business: Catching Up with Synthetics | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

...easier of the critic's two tasks. But when Gottfried finds something to praise, he can be almost lyrical in his delight. About last season's Fiddler on the Roof, he wrote: "To see Zero Mostel dance is to see an angel in underwear. There is nobody else in the world who can shake a belly slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics: The View from Women's Wear | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

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