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...bouillon, two glasses of orange juice, a few sips of water, five cups of tea, two cups of coffee, a few crackers, part of a chocolate bar. His output: upwards of 100,000 words on subjects ranging from offshore oil (the matter under debate) to horseback riding, to baloney (the edible kind). When his self-imposed ordeal was over, the pink rose in the lapel of Morse's dark blue suit was withered, but 52-year-old Maverick Morse himself was still sprightly enough to chat with reporters and pose smilingly for photographers before going to his office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Big Wind | 5/4/1953 | See Source »

...mention Alaska even in connection with an "enabling act." Hawaii, of course, is Republican, while Alaska has always been a Democratic domain. But pairing states for admission has been a practice since the Missomi Compromise. Anyway you cut admission of Hawaii without consideration for Alaska, it's still political baloney...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What About Alaska? | 2/6/1953 | See Source »

...even though his wife dreaded the broadcasts so much that she "could hardly get through the program." Even the children were by no means born troupers. For two years, Linda was mostly a silent observer on the show and, off the air, referred to it as "a bunch of baloney." Says Cliff: "We just didn't press her, and she came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Family on the Air | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

...were growing up together in Detroit's brawling "Black Bottom" district. Whenever Joe was in the gym," says Robinson, "so was I. He was my idol, and still is." That memory is a convenient bit of fiction that his mother, Mrs. Leila Smith, dispels with a single word: "Baloney." Actually, Robinson's story sticks a lot closer to the traditional boxer's mold-the hungry, ambitious kid who had to fight for survival from the day he was born plain Walker Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Businessman Boxer | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

...world's scientists, Argentina's new method of producing atomic energy was still "the baloney bomb." More than two weeks after Perón's triumphant announcement, no proof of real accomplishment had yet appeared. The few vague details made public were unconvincing, and Dr. Ronald Richter, just decorated by Perón for his "discovery," was unconvincing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Energy of the Pampas | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

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