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Later, as he rarely does in public, George V poked a bit of fun at Queen Mary. "Shouldn't you have this?" he asked, pointing to a cocktail cabinet. "You might use it in your study...
...Paris on the World's Fair's Midway. A good part of the U. S. public has now heard about the Streets of Paris. Some 800,000 sightseers have already been there. The artist's model stunt was repeated, although the young lady now wears a bit more than she did at the opening two months ago. There is a Folies-Bergère show, a glimpse of a Colonie Nudiste through a keyhole (you see your own head on a painted naked body), beer saloons called Lapin Agile, Rotonde, Harry's New York Bar. Some...
...have it from good authority--well, pretty good--that, with that strange perversity which characterizes all officialdom, the majority of attractive girls have been placed in the top floors of the dormitories. Thus, in its own subtle way does the university do its bit toward elevating the standards of its young ladies...
...Speed Sirs: Your account of Professor Bohr's application of Professor Werner Heisenberg's concept of uncertainty to "everyday existence, where an inch is an inch, and a gallon is a gallon" (TIME, July 3, p. 40) recalled to mind an entertaining bit og testimony given in a lawsuit in which my father was counsel for one of the litigants. The case involved an automobile collision. Immediately before the collision, one of the automobiles had struck a cow; and during the trial it became important for the plaintiff to bring out the speed with which this...
...under bright umbrellas in Palmer Stadium's centre field shook their heads. The runners were going much too fast. In the third quarter Horan moved out front. It proved to be the slowest part of the race, but fast enough to prevent Horan from finishing. Then Bonthron, a bit ahead of Lovelock, took the lead. The event was now between them. In the back stretch of the last lap, Lovelock was running smoothly, holding himself in. Then Bonthron let loose. Lovelock, with less effort, held his own. For five steps on the final turn they ran shoulder to shoulder...