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When the Knights of Malta sent off a solid gold jewel-encrusted falcon as a gift to their sixteenth century over-lord, Charles V of Spain, they could hardly have imagined the complications that would ensue when it cast its shadow over the lives of an English gentleman of leisure...

Author: By A. Y., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/28/1941 | See Source »

"Quiet, dope," replied out here with Oriental calm. "I'm Maupin 'cause I can't take my girl to Soldiers Field for the game this afternoon."

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey occ., | Title: Hu Flung Flings 'Em | 11/8/1941 | See Source »

Last week Londoners noticed a slender Oriental stalking through their streets.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Saw & Tin Tut | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

He became a symbol, and his statue appearing everywhere meant, not the vanity of a man, but the persistence of a mystical, Oriental idea. Stalin and his people both came to believe in his deification, summed up in the words of a Kazak poet:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: BATTLE OF RUSSIA: Appointment in Samara | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

Squirm. In Pittsburgh, local cootch dancers organized the Oriental Dancers of Pittsburgh, Inc., to fight for better wages.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 20, 1941 | 10/20/1941 | See Source »

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