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Following a flowery introduction by the emcee, S-O Robert K. Allen, Miss Costello appeared in the modern equivalent of a set of palm leaves. Her first number at the Hasty Pudding Club last night, theoretically a rumba, might better be called a belly dance for want of a more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oh, It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way What You Do it | 10/16/1942 | See Source »

Those years were not uniformly dreary. They were warmed by the half-filial, half-erotic friendship of many young men, notably the young Irish streetcar conductor, Peter Doyle. They were cheered by the startling letters of Mrs. Anne Gilchrist. She had read the Leaves and wrote their author: "Nothing in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Inquest on Democracy | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

The Itching Parrot-"Poll" for short-is the nickname of one Pedro Sarmiento, a well-born Mexican ne'er-do-well who plays out the classic routines of all picaresque heroes, with a strong dash of erotic chile con carne seasoned with moral saws and liberalistic satire. The Parrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Unintentional Best-Seller | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

More placidly told, the main story concentrates on the young woman Tanni and the war's effect on her relationship with the Buddhist Lao Peng and with her lover Poya. Tanni is a girl with an equivocal "past," revealed with a shade more suspense than it deserves. Poya is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War and Spirit | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

Arthur C. Hyman '42, composed a slightly erotic piece inspired by signs along the Merritt Parkway, entitled "Keep Right Except When Passing." Though now it has drifted into temporary oblivion, the most easily remembered verses go something like this: "Keep right except when passing, get control of your nerves, 'cause...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONG WRITERS GROUP BRINGS STREAM OF BUDDING TALENT | 10/21/1941 | See Source »

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