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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hundreds of cities, renters of apartments, buyers of grain, textiles, beer, and almost every short article might propose the never-won wager: "Betcha I can spit farther than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PEOPLE: Scofflaws | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

...still-life published by the Evening Globe yesterday purported to show the "real" Ibis, posed with what the Lampsters called "the Crimson's prize duck" and a mysterious beer mug. But a brief investigation revealed the two birds to be outsiders put over on the gullible Globe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poonsters Post Reward for Vanished Ibis as Harlow Refutes Heron Fake After Night of Magic, Mystery | 5/4/1946 | See Source »

...Miguel Aleman made the day's first real speech from the plaza bandstand. Speaking extemporaneously to one of the world's few remaining matriarchies,* he said that Mexico's women were coming into their own. Tehuana women applauded. Tehuana men were busy shooting fireworks and drinking beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO,ARGENTINA: Backwoods Barnstormer | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

A.P.H. was never better. His satiric jingles had a near-Gilbertian nip & skip. After his first jab, a hilarious hymn to The Good Old Days ("The women wore a little more and beer was alcoholic"), he quickly took a swipe at Socialism: We love our country but we hate The swollen octopus, the State That fills our stomachs well enough But robs the soul of precious stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Big Ben Strikes | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

Adventure. Light beer with an egg named Gable in it (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Apr. 22, 1946 | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

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