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When Harry James or colorful Carmen is given a chance, "Springtime" sparkles. But when Romero or Payne wax gruesome, the picture follows suit. In between, when the lovers are out to lunch or the equivalent, real entertainment fills the bill...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: MOVIEGOER | 1/20/1943 | See Source »

...same day in Chungking a new Sino-British treaty was signed. Sealed with red wax and red, white & blue ribbons, it corresponded in all major respects to that signed in Washington. Cabled Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill: "This is to me a signal proof of solidarity among the United Nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lord Palmerston and the Spitfire | 1/18/1943 | See Source »

...built the two-story-high, 271,000-lb. reciprocating engine, and Moore was aboard to see how it performed. At the end of the trip he beamed, said: "When it's neither too tight to smell nor too loose to hear, then you can bet a ball of wax it's a damn fine engine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perfect Hedge | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

Many of the sailors, still in great pain, were fed up with any sort of treatment. "Man, I thought I was going to die," said one healthy sailor last week. "I couldn't figure out how I was going to live. Then, when the wax was sprayed on me, right away I could feel the pain drifting away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Burns at Mare Island | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

...first the wax-coated sailors felt silly: they felt naked without bandages. Then they realized that 1) painful changing of dressings had stopped, 2) they could bathe themselves and get around. They began to like it. "We're all taking flit guns of that stuff back to duty," said a discharged sailor as he packed his bag last week. Dr. Pendleton now has invented a small heater, powered by a 25-watt light bulb, to melt the wax and make it available quickly in ships' turrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Burns at Mare Island | 11/16/1942 | See Source »

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