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...Fifty ponderous pachyderms await you here, ladies and gentlemen! See them lift a man; they trumpet, they bellow and they bawl! Peanuts here, get you peanuts here!" Vag collected a few bags of peanuts, feeling a little better about things in general. At least the elephants couldn't pester him the way the fat lady did! Billy was not so excited about the elephants, thought. In fact, when Vag lifted him up so he could see better, he protested violently that he could see all right on his own feet. He wasn't that small...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

Behind the plate is Gothamite Bill Parsons, who is improving steadily. Freak southern gales twice bellow the batting cage down over him during hitting practice, which hindered his receiving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING NINE PACED BY RICE AND BUCKLEY | 4/13/1939 | See Source »

...Padway was too busy in Washington to bellow last week. He was hard at work for A. F. of L., goring the National Labor Relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wagner Charta | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...Hours went into effect last October 24, Elmer Andrews' staff last week had sifted 2,800 which deserved further investigation and possibly prosecution. But U. S. business need expect no crackdown performance akin to General Hugh Johnson's NRA siege. Gentle Elmer Andrews hardly knows how to bellow and doubts that he will ever need to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Elmer's Teeth | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...been brilliant. Ex-Senator (now Associate Justice) Hugo L. Black was at his best with a hostile witness, knowing well how to bait the trap, when to spring it. Senator Robert M. La Follette also knows the uses of the subtle query. Mr. Dies knows chiefly how to bellow. Last week he had the thrill of seeing his bellowing affect not just the ear of some baffled layman but the tympanums of that knowing politician, the Head of the Democratic Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONGRESS: Dies and Duty | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

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