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...work out this plan with blueprints and models, the Association appointed one of Manhattan's most modern-minded architects: bald, 39-year-old Edward D. Stone. Architect Stone, who had already left his mark on Sixth Avenue as the chief designer of Radio City Music Hall, set to work with enthusiasm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Blueprint for an Avenue | 6/23/1941 | See Source »

When Germany took the Rhineland Mussolini had an attack of ulcers. When Hitler conducted his blood purge Mussolini began losing his hair (and he has grown bald since then). When Hitler grabbed Austria, Mussolini had a heart attack. When Germany and Russia signed their Non-Aggression Pact, Mussolini was fitted for glasses (and he does wear glasses now). When Germany invaded Poland, Mussolini couldn't sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Imperial Bullfrog | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

...pass it. The educational requirement, two years of college, can be met by passing a written examination, and last week the Air Corps eased up on its requirements. As if he hadn't troubles enough already, last week Johnny Johnson got another problem to chew. Announced by bald Assistant Secretary of War for Air Bob Lovett was a program for training 8,000 British airmen annually in U.S. schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: High Jinks at Thunderbird | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

...occasion he can be graceful and charming: there is a Navy saying that 62-year-old, egg-bald Admiral King can outdance any young ensign at night, outwork him next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAVY: Stormy Man, Stormy Weather | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

Fifty-nine-year-old Jean Francois Darlan is a spruce, magnetic little figure from his flattish bald head, edged with grey hair, to his impeccably polished shoes. He has the eyes of an amused gambler and his career, as now presented, exhibits him as having the principles of a cat. Two centuries of Darlan merchant mariners (supposedly English long ago) preceded the Admiral's father, who, the Admiral says, "went wrong and became a Minister of Justice." The Admiral was born in the grey old town of Nérac, Gascony, where Darlan père was once Mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Vichy Chooses | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

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