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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Podola case began last July 13, when Podola, 30, allegedly shot and killed a London cop who was trying to question him about a shakedown charge. Cornered three days later in his shabby South Kensington room, Podola was brought out to a police car looking considerably the worse for wear. Two policemen were half dragging him by the arms, and a third walked just ahead as if to keep him from pitching forward. His head was covered with a sack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Mind on Trial | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...makers think so. At their showing of suits for winter resorts and next sum mer, makers ranging from big Catalina, and Cole of California, to Manhattan's petite Margaret Pennington, were plainly convinced that the Bikini, and two-piece suits in general, will be the brief thing to wear. Reasons: the rise in private pools, the step-up in travel to Europe, which has broadened the U.S. woman's taste while relaxing her modesty, and the huge increase in dieting to keep in trim. More women can afford to show more of their figures. Says Neiman-Marcus Buyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Fun, Sun & Drawstrings | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

Sparkling Stockings. A nylon for women's formal-wear hosiery that sparkles slightly was put on the market by DuPont. Price: about $2.50 a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 28, 1959 | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...wear the arctic fox you have to kill it. Wear qiviut-the underwool of the arctic ox-pulled off it like a sweater,' your coat is warm; your conscience, better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Major Poet, Minor Verse | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

...scam like that." She charges. Dobie for help with his homework, gets 7? a sentence for a parse job, 10? apiece for the provinces of Canada, 80? to tell who fought in the Hundred Years' War. Her earnings buy forbidden lingerie. "Some day I will be allowed to wear black lace underwear," Red Knees explains, "and when that day comes, buster, I mean to be ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Peach-Fuzz Bluebeard | 8/31/1959 | See Source »

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