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...worked out by LIFE Magazine. Color transparencies of the masterworks were blown up on strips of 40-in.-wide film to the exact dimensions of the originals, and framed by light boxes containing fluorescent tubes. The brighter-than-life effect was like listening to symphonic music on a hi-fi recording. It was an exciting, highlit visual experience...
...Semper Fi (Contd...
...Semper Fi...
Literary Rock Pile. Upon joining the colony each neophyte gets a copy of From Here to Eternity and a good look at Jones's sumptuous house on the western edge of town at the end of Beech Street. The house is complete with hi-fi set, high-powered hunting rifles, 3,500 books, pushbutton kitchen and Hollywood-style bathroom (with a French-style bidet...
...decks, the wives waved, blew kisses, wept. As the ship got ready to sail, the passengers suddenly unfurled paper signs: "Pate's Paupers," "Love, Cherish and Be Transferred," "Un-American," "Shanghaied." The most cutting of all was a sign emblazoned with the abbreviation of the Marine slogan, "Semper Fi"; next to it was a picture of what Americans in ordure-treasuring Asia called a "honey bucket...