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...rainbow trout in Idaho's famed Silver Creek* are big, tough and smart. On still days, under bright sunlight, nothing can lure them up. It is best to wait until a cloud blots out the sun and a breeze ruffles the mirror-like surface. Then the trick is to hang on to the savage rainbows once you've hooked them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fighting Rainbows | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

...from Sun Valley, grinned as he stalked through some willows to his pet spot. After a few expert casts (his friends say that he can put his fly into a sugar bowl at 30 paces), there was a resounding splash and his rod bent double. He played the fighting rainbow and pulled out a three-pounder-middling by Silver Creek standards. Then he caught eight more. Up & downstream from him, oblivious to buzzing mosquitoes, were ardent anglers who had camped there all night, so that they could start fishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fighting Rainbows | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

Outside, a summer thunderstorm had drenched Philadelphia. A rainbow had appeared. But it was still raining when the Deweys went down to their limousine. Through cheering crowds, the Dewey motorcade swept to Convention Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: How He Did It | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...week's end, Warren headed for New York to keep a long-standing promise to his daughters. They would see the sights and "take in some shows." He ruled out some ("They might not meet with the platform," said Warren with a laugh), decided on Finian's Rainbow. Sunday night, he and his family attended services at Calvary Baptist Church. This week, before returning to California, he would go to Pawling to discuss campaign plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Room 808 | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

Inflater. Chicago's Leaf Brands, Inc. began marketing bubble gum in colors-red, yellow, blue. By chewing two or three pieces of "Rain-bio" at the same time, said the announcement, children will be able to blow bubbles "in all the delicious colors of the rainbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Facts & Figures, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

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