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...fish disappear? No one is sure, but Peck Humphries, president of Standard Products Co. in Virginia's Tidewater country, thinks it is simply a passing phase: "The biologists have some theories for the decline, but usually the fish make liars out of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: Where Did the Menhaden Go? | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...legs" (some little boy!). An ad for the Cole of California line tried to make you think of that tiny piece of Acrilan acrylic knit as a "sizzle of orange with hot pink." For "a certain kind of woman who'd like to retrace Gauguin's steps," Peck & Peck was arguing that you didn't have to go to Tahiti to wear an island-print bikini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Brief, Briefer, Briefest | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

...centuries A.D. was Egypt's Faiyum region, about 60 miles south of Cairo on the Nile. A fertile farming and business community, it was settled by many retired Roman legionnaires, along with emigrant Greeks, Jews and native Egyptians. It became, according to Egyptologist William Peck, 34, a "prosperous, highly civilized region with a well-developed bureaucratic system of local government, and an elaborate social structure, fairly comparable to Detroit." By a fluke of custom and climate, the residents of Faiyum are today among the best known-or at least most clearly visualized-citizens of classic times. On display last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paintings: Myopic Tribute | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

With 15 minutes left in the game, Brown held a six point lead. Then two big Bruin starters, 6 ft. 5 in. Steve Sigur and 6 ft. 4 in. Dave Gale got in foul trouble and the Crimson started to peck away at the margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopsters Bomb Bruins, 91-74. Overcome Deficit | 2/27/1967 | See Source »

When confronted with a choice between Peck and Peck, Filene's, and Bobbi Baker, more Wellesley girls would choose to buy their clothes at Peck and Peck, with Filene's running a close second and Bobbi Baker a long third...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Malaise at Afternoon Tea: A Portrait Of Wellesley and the Girls Who Go There | 2/14/1967 | See Source »

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