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Humphrey has little time or concern for the arts, confines his nonbusiness reading mostly to the sprightly trade magazine of the thoroughbred-horse-breeding industry, The Blood Horse. (When he caught Mrs. Humphrey reading Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, he asked, with a wink: "Why would anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure and never amounted to anything?") He revels in the role of head-of-the-family, loves to gather his son and two daughters and his eight grandchildren at Kirtland Hills on Sundays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TREASURY: A Time for Talent | 1/26/1953 | See Source »

...pretty girls stretch and wink at that handsome blond who sits two seats over in Nat. Sci. The normal boy juggles his position on each ride so he can find out what each pretty girl is doing that night...

Author: By James M. Sitzmark, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 1/24/1953 | See Source »

...same time, Dick Clasby and Captain Wink Burtnett of B.C. tied for second place behind Paul Whelan of B.U. for the Star of the Week title. Whelan received 13 votes, while Clasby and Burtnett each received...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Writers Again Name Crimson Sextet As Top Team in East | 1/15/1953 | See Source »

Cheesecake. Among the worst offenders, said the committee, are nudist magazines supposedly "published in the interest of sunshine and health," and straight cheesecake magazines. Sample cheesecake titles: Candid Whirl, Glamorous Models, Wink, Whisper, Keyhole, Titter, Foo, Nifty, Pepper, Zip, Wham, Paris Life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Big Business | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...lurid magazines be withdrawn from the shelves, or at least withheld from persons under 18 years of ago. At first, members concentrated chiefly on pocket editions--the 25 cent variety. Lately, however, it has moved into the sphere of the comic books and has banned such magazines as "Wink" and "Whisper...

Author: By David W. Cudhea and Ronald P. Kriss, S | Title: 'Banned in Boston'--Everything Quiet? | 12/5/1952 | See Source »

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