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...Rome, Newscaster Mario Appelius was the first of his profession to talk back to a radio heckler. His program was interrupted by a voice exclaiming: "You are an Italian ass." Signor Appelius riposted: "That's better than being a British citizen." This led to an impromptu exchange of high-school wit. Later in the week, when the heckler's voice was faint, Signor Appelius tried for the large effect by crying: "Speak louder, ghost! No ghost will save England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: ON THE AIR: The Art of Heckling | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...preposterous part. As for Lana Turner, fully clad for a change, and the rest of the cast (Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, etc.), they are as wooden as their roles. Hyde, heckling Jekyll in the mirror, probably sums it all up best. Says he: "How did such a dull, pompous ass like you ever think of anything as charming as this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 1, 1941 | 9/1/1941 | See Source »

Many of us Texans despise Colonel Lindbergh for the ass he has made of himself in his relationships to the American public during the last decade. But we still are realists and as such must concede that the unpopular Colonel is right in most of his conclusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 26, 1941 | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...loud Premier Mitchell Frederick ("Mitch") Hepburn barged ebulliently into a St. Thomas filling station and, finding no operator, went to work on the gas pump himself. "Hey, you can't do that," yelled the attendant, appearing at last. "It's against the law!" "The law is an ass-I'll have it changed," grinned Farmer Mitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 28, 1941 | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

Readers who do not yet agree with Dickens' Mr. Bumble that "the law is a ass, a idiot" can turn to The Strangest Cases on Record by Lawyer John Allison Duncan of Cleveland. His book is a random docket of legal madness. Hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Ass, A Idiot | 12/23/1940 | See Source »

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