The Strangest College Class Ever
Picking out the oddest offerings from the wide world of academia has become something of a modern pastime. Lists of such courses abound online, including this one from U.S. News…
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The Marienbad Cut: Gloria Vanderbilt Models A French Movie Hairdo
The French New Wave became a force in cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s, expanding ideas about the way movies told stories. One sign of the New Wave’s…
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A Joyful Thanksgiving and a “Marriage Experiment”
In 1972 LIFE magazine ran a cover feature on what it termed “Marriage Experiments.” The issue featured several examples of nontraditional domestic units. These ranged from a collective family in…
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Pamper House: America As It Was Learning to Treat Itself
The term “day spa” is as much a part of the modern vocabulary as “smart phone” or “Zoom meeting,” which makes sense, because one can feel like an antidote to…
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Wild and Frozen: Minnesota at Its Coldest and Most Remote
Today Alaska holds a well-earned place in the American imagination as the country’s final frontier, and a host of reality shows use the 49th state as a backdrop for its…
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A Lone Star Fashion Show, 1939
LIFE’s coverage of the fashion world inevitably leaned on stories about the latest looks from Paris and New York, but the magazine also cast its eye further afield. Consider its…
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