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August 17, 1957

The New Yorker cover for August 17, 1957

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CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE

Joseph Wechsberg

PROFILE of Robert Bellet, commissaire principal, or chief purser of the French Line ship, the Liberte. At the moment the French Line has only 26 …

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Herbert Blossom and the Colored Ballplayers

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