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Later Stone emphasized what he called the "basically moderate nature of the Castro government." Sen. Eastland has called Raul, a '100 per cent Communist'--but I don't know how they got that figure, unless they have some sort of political thermometer which they put under his armpit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: I. F. Stone Tells Pro-Cuba Rally U.S. Must Not Block Reforms | 12/10/1960 | See Source »

Mercedes McCambridge, who helped run the draft-Stevenson group at the Los Angeles convention, labored dutifully for Kennedy during the campaign, last week said bitterly: "I'm tired of democracy. We should have a monarchy, with Tuesday Weld as one of the princesses and a nice couple from Armpit, Nev. to reign. I have a Citizen Kane feeling about Daddy Kennedy sitting out here directing the show behind the scenes from Marion Davies' house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Happy as a Clan | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

...England prep-school English teacher, seeing a performance of Jack Gelber's The Connection (at off-Broadway's Living Theater), called the play "ferment in the armpit of society." The New York Times called it "a farrago of dirt." But Critic Henry Hewes of the Saturday Review decided that it is "the most original piece of new American playwriting in a long, long time." Playwright Lillian Hellman said it is "the only play I've been able to sit through for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OFF BROADWAY: Who Said Snow? | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

DEODORANTS. "Camera shots or angles which show or almost show the human armpit seem especially distasteful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tearing the Tissue | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

...Baptista Duffles Teixeira Lott. 64, the Minister of War and standard bearer for President Juscelino Kubitschek's Social Democrats, hopped on the stump and drew howls from the opposition. Though the old soldier had just arrested a colonel for getting into politics, he himself appeared in uniform and armpit-deep in medals. The opposition wailed again when Kubitschek handed the powerful Ministries of Public Works and Justice-Interior to two pro-Lott politicos. One openly promised to "integrate" his ministry in the campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Running Early | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

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