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Little Diamond Things. Gloria rarely takes any designer's ideas without insisting on changes. She will have Balenciaga take off a button here and there, change the collar, or even have him run up something out of a skirt from this dress, the neckline from that, the sleeves from another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rich: Having a Marvelous Time | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

...system is such that a NORAD officer can point to a mark on the headquarters battle map, indicating a plane above Siberia, push a readout button and, in seconds, learn the plane's height, speed, direction and how long it would take to reach any major U.S. city. If a strike should come, NORAD's fighter-interceptors are so equipped that a single commander on the ground can, through computers, coordinate hundreds of them in a defensive attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Eyes Toward the Sky | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

...cigar chomper with a penchant for corny office signs (he has a "Panic Button" near his desk, and a sign that reads ARE YOU HERE WITH THE SOLUTION, OR ARE YOU PART OF THE PROBLEM?), Hank Barnes has already told the New York City traffic department that he will require both a day and a night driver for at least the next six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City: Green Light for New York? | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

Died. Rachel Young La Follette, 67, button-bright widow of Wisconsin's late Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr., whom she met while working as a stenographer in his father's office and served as secretary and political adviser for five years before their 1930 marriage; after a brief illness; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 5, 1962 | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

...Newhart Show (NBC, 10-10:30 p.m.). Bob as a button-down Santa, abetted by the Four Freshmen, male quartet. Color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dec. 22, 1961 | 12/22/1961 | See Source »

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