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...well costumed were the actors who took female roles in the production that most of the audience was deceived as to their sex for a long time. When they learned the truth there was much complaining on all sides, a typical remark being, "Aw gee, we didn't think it was them kind of blondes." One poor confused selectee even went so far as to proffer a bouquet of flowers to the leading "lady," Dick Whittemore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1500 Devens Soldiers Applaud Pi Eta Show | 3/19/1942 | See Source »

...trend of American journalism away from the ancient canon of "the whole truth and nothing but the truth," small wonder that many readers--those who can afford it--subscribe to more than one paper for a balanced news diet, and that America's most popular cliche, has become "Aw, it's a lot of propaganda...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Whole Truth . . ." | 9/24/1941 | See Source »

...main fear: loss of profitable petroleum, coal and automobile traffic (on the assumption that a new transport medium will divert more traffic than it will generate). Last week an 85-year-old pro-Seaway lobbyist (for Minnesota) named J. Adam Bede, who was a Congressman in 1903-09, remarked: "Aw, I've heard all this before. ... I remember when the railroad people testified that the transcontinental rails would turn to rust if we built the Panama Canal." But like the Panama Canal, the Seaway would cut transportation costs. Proponents have argued, for example, that automobiles might move from Detroit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Seaway: In the Lobby | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

...need to do is build a strong protective wall all around this hemisphere and let the rest of the economic world go to pot. I repeat, it's an economic war and. . . . Aw! You know what I mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 21, 1941 | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

...Aw, quit trying to Kidney. Haweeli think you're fooling." Huey protested. "Your face looks funny, though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRAIN OVER BROWN 14 to 7, PICKLED BY SAGE OF AGE | 11/16/1940 | See Source »

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