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...airplane shoulders and a tri-motor voice, big of hands and feet and manner, he had always dominated littler men. His nickname-The White Elephant-was one of awe, and had none of the Occidental connotations of that phrase. It referred to his size; his exceptionally fair and aristocratic complexion, accented in its whiteness by his hair, black and shiny as a phonograph record; and his appearance of strength and wisdom...
...Annapolis Thursday and he will be out for blood. Thomas's is noteworthy from the viewpoint of those who have followed wrestling closely, because during the last two matches he has fallen into a little slump and is due to show some really hard work to change the complexion of his record...
...wonder Reader Logan was confused; so was TIME, which herewith apologizes to the Chrysler Corp. for inadvertently rouging its already healthy complexion. The declared dividend of $4 reported by TIME covered a nine-month, not a semiannual, period. If Chrysler's fourth quarter dividend is the same as its last two quarterly declarations, its stock (at current levels) will have yielded about 1% for the year...
...Brigadier General Edwin M. ("Pa") Watson got the party's one fish and Mr. Roosevelt issued a statement: "His unique specimen, while not the fattest known, excels all I have seen in my long experience. It is, in fact, the Adonis of salmon. Its regular features, its pink complexion and its rippling muscles make it a fit comrade for the General...
...Atlas of Hollywood, bear-necked Cinemactor Victor McLaglen, 52, was sued for nonpayment of a doctor's bill for "monkey gland shots" given to him periodically since 1935. "Well," he hemmed, "the doctor said they would improve my complexion...