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They do their work most thoroughly and with a goodly will. Without them what could we do with the fruit skins and the swill? They are the benefactors of mankind and play a heavy part, Though they annoy us in the morning with their very early start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: For White Wings | 2/6/1933 | See Source »

...decision handed down last week by the U. S. Supreme Court showed that Old Man Venner is still at it. He knows what courts are for-rich old Clarence Venner does. They exist for the purpose of enabling a smart fellow to annoy his neighbors, especially when, as in these days, his neighbors are big corporations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Old Sue-&-Settle Man | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

Authoress Undset's latest novel stands a very slim chance of being put on the Pope's Index Librorum Prohibitorum. If not exactly a manual for Roman Catholics, The Burning Bush should please Catholic palates and doubtless annoy any heffling Protestant literate enough to read it. A sequel to The Wild Orchid, The Burning Bush carries the story of Paul Selmer from young married days to a ripe and disillusioned middle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Upward | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

...degree murder. The picture, how ever, proceeds to show the audience its error, in the courtroom. A novelty is Prosecutor John Miljan's jeering speech: "There is no such law as the unwritten law. . . . Our legislators do not say : 'This is the law but we will not annoy the governor by writing it down.' ... A woman's honor is her own and the shortest word in the English language will protect any woman's honor, and that word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jul. 25, 1932 | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

Divorced, Frances Williams, musico-medienne; from Lester Clark, orchestra pianist; in Chicago. Grounds: cruelty, fighting. Said Miss Williams: "When I was playing in The New Yorkers, my husband was playing in the pit. He often missed beats just to annoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 2, 1932 | 5/2/1932 | See Source »

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