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...Sidge; The Sheik and The Cat; Benny the Bum, Teddy the Bum and Jerry the Lug; Big Sam, Fat Dom and Fat Freddie; Good Looking Al, Big Nose Nick, Cockeye Nick and Cockeye Phil; Pip the Blind and Eyeglasses. And three fellows named Tea Bags, Four Cents and Blah Blah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: Name That Goon | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...cluster of pajamaed tots ogling their loot spread out under a Christmas tree; the design simply had too much detail for reproduction. Finally a Post Office illustrator offered the winning design-a wreath adorned by a red bow, and some amateurish lettering in Olde Englishe. It was calculated blah, and it will be reproduced 500 million times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Calculated Blah | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...wild, Plattes dreamed of such a book all the time he was stuffing model cars and magic tricks into cereal boxes. "If we're going to give the kids something," says he, "let's give them something to help them rather than, the usual old blah." Forsaking blah. Plat tes commissioned Dr. Walter J. Breckenridge, director of Minnesota's Natural History Museum, to compile an illustrated nature book. Breckenridge included pertinent facts about each animal (horned toads are really lizards; skunks are ac curate up to 12 ft.), tips on such field-trip essentials as avoiding snakebite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merchandising: Big G in Wonderland | 9/14/1962 | See Source »

What killed home shelters was the lull in the cold war plus the Kennedy Administration's decision to stress large-scale, community shelters over backyard bunkers. Says Ray Toland Sr., a Los Angeles shelter maker who failed: "It's been a real loused-up deal. All this blah-blah-blah about a $30 shelter or a $300 shelter, and about private and community shelters. People got so confused they didn't know what was right-and they still don't." In Oklahoma City, the number of inquiries about shelters received monthly by one company has dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Defense: Boom to Bust | 5/18/1962 | See Source »

...royal effort is also most successful: the King of Siam, it would appear, has a considerable talent for writing a luscious tune, and the Krokodiloes exploit it with their most melodious croons. Or almost their most melodious: the boys have also included their celebrated "Blah" (a gentle moaning jibe at movie songs...

Author: By A. B. H., | Title: The Krokodiloes | 3/29/1962 | See Source »

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