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...Rocky Mountain west believes generally that the Allies have irretrievably lost the war, and that the reason lies in the fact that they called names and offered criticism of Germany without the force necessary to back it up. This is a serious error in any barroom, and today international law and barroom law are about the same. The U. S. is less well prepared to back up its criticisms of the Axis Powers than the Allies were. Therefore it is the height of foolishness for our nation to stick its head in the lion's jaws and incur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 15, 1940 | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

...They used to sprinkle beer from a watering can on the sidewalks outside the barroom to bring in the young. The smell tempted them inside. That's the way it should be with literature and poetry in college...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Frosty Beer | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

...general rule, a tough barroom bouncer figures to hang a shanty on the most rambunctious college guy. After the brawly bouncing around that occurred last week in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium, the rule still stood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beer Barrel Palooka | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

When it was over they carried Lou to a hospital with a good start on his first cauliflower ear. Tony went back to his New Jersey barroom, with his puffy eyes on Detroit and a great bully-boy future. Said he: "I'll knock out dat bum Louis in two rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beer Barrel Palooka | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...into action. At the end of it more than 40 had been injured by bullets, blows or bludgeons, a 10 p. m. curfew was clapped on Bombay for 14 days, and assemblies of more than five forbidden. To popularize prohibition, authorities put on showings of Ten Nights in a Barroom, charging 2? to 4? admissions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Toddy and Taxes | 8/14/1939 | See Source »

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