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Dior and the new short look were damned by the ladies this fall, as the clothes-conscious 'Cliffite decided under pressure that she really did look better with her skirts beneath her-knee. For very formal dates, she even moved them down an inch. Said one out-of-town authority, "They want their dates to be conservative every way but morally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damsels Defy Dior, Distend Dresses For Dates | 11/13/1953 | See Source »

...this year are shorter, so shoes are lower. The very high heel is frequently replaced by the capezio-type heel, about an inch shorter in height but just as narrow. Kid with a French accent as well as black suede are dressiest. Toes are semi-pointed to make large feet look smaller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damsels Defy Dior, Distend Dresses For Dates | 11/13/1953 | See Source »

...Texas' drought-parched cattle and wheat country, the rainfall averaged more than two inches. In southwestern Missouri's burned-out dairy land, weather stations reported up to an inch. From .5 to 1.5 inches fell across the Great Plains. In New England and down the eastern seaboard to Virginia, the fall averaged two inches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: Rain | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Coach Bill Dole's right end will be a more experienced performer, Dan McCall, a 6-foot 2-inch senior who was shifted from quarterback at the beginning of the season, and is beginning to find himself...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Winless Davidson Is 4-Touchdown Underdog | 10/31/1953 | See Source »

...loudspeakers" that generate sound waves with a frequency of 19,000 cycles a sec. This is too high-pitched for normal human ears, whose upper limit is about 18,000 cycles a sec., so the office or bank protected by Alertronic seems silent to a burglar, although every cubic inch of its air is in rapid vibration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Ultrasonic Alarm | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

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