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...photograph appeared in LIFE's Aug. 11, 1941, issue and later became a ubiquitous pinup during World War II: a surrealistically gorgeous woman partially dressed in a shimmering negligee knelt on a bed and smiled enigmatically over her bare left shoulder. Inspired by this stunning vision in black-and-white, countless G.I.s knew exactly what they were fighting for. Mom, apple pie and Rita Hayworth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sad Life of a Love Goddess | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...were the lows: tinny amplification, an overpowering brass section, Bea Arthur's oomphless Hostess with the Mostes' and Leonard Bernstein's self- indulgent twelve-tone parody of A Russian Lullaby. Bernstein was also notable for ad hoc choreography. In seamless motion during the final bows, he embraced Shirley Maclaine, knelt before Marilyn Horne and lodged himself beside Frank Sinatra. The show is ended -- thank God, Berlin's melodies linger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 23, 1988 | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...Booth the soldier, while the throng knelt down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Literary Remembrance | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...knelt a-weeping in that holy place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Literary Remembrance | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...They knelt and linked arms as a policeman called through a bullhorn that the gathering was illegal. Officers escorted the protesters into vans as others aimed jets from water cannons at scores of protesters who remained on the sidewalk praying and singing an African hymn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutu, Other Clergy Arrested in Protest | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

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