Word: asses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mann, longtime publisher of the defunct Town Topics, "something to talk about." Said Artist Watrous: "I got a cedar log and fashioned one end of it into my idea of a sea monster or hippogriff. I made a big mouth, a couple of ears, like the ears of an ass, four big teeth . . . and for eyes I inserted in the sockets of the monster two telegraph pole insulators of green glass. . . . I painted the head in yellow and black stripes . . . the mouth red . . . the ears blue...
Abyssinia's Ass...
...June 19 issue of TIME, on p. 13, in the first column, I read: "Robert P. Skinner . . . established diplomatic relations with Abyssinia by riding into Addis Ababa on a white ass...
Subscriber Martin notwithstanding, the State Department denies that short, rotund Minister Southard entered Addis Ababa on an ass, states that he entered in a motor car. The Emperor still bestrides an ass when reviewing troops, tendered an ass to Minister Southard who declined the ceremonial beast with thanks...
...tempted beyond my powers. Each reply to that pompous ass, Husband Ritter, has broken down my resistance until I find myself following in the footsteps of Maynard L. Ginsburg (TIME, July 3) and writing my first, last and only communication to any magazine, in order to contribute my mite to the avalanche of criticism he has brought down upon himself by that moronic letter. Freaks, indeed! Down with TIME, then, to make the world safe for Husband Ritter and his ilk. For as long as that splendid magazine exists, there will be appreciative, intelligent and up-to-the-minute freaks...