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...democrat, through whose leadership alone democracy can be realized. And nobody will ever say 'Help to him or 'Ave Caesar' nor will they call him 'Führer' or 'Duce.' But they will greet him with one great big, universal, democratic, sheeplike blat of 'O. K., Chief! Fix it like you wanna, Chief! Oh Kaaay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: The Big Debate | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

...been dealt, and by none other than the American Legion, which has a number of methods quite remarkably its own of coming before the public eye. In witness whereof Boston is at this very moment reverberating to the martial (albeit slightly unsteady and irregular) tramp of feet, the blat of tubas, the rattle of canes (in Heu of musketry) and the clash of an indescribable array of colors. Her citizenry has the opportunity of feasting its eyes upon an unparalleled collection of 100 per cent Americans and hats. Admittedly not as many of these ardent militarists have witnessed the firing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARMA VIRUMQUE | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

...were deep in thought last week, wondering whether they had found a symbolism between an occurrence at Dorsetshire and the ancient story of the lion and the unicorn. The occurrence: In a fair field of turnips near Lyme Regis* grazed Nelly, a young mother cow. Suddenly came the frightened blat of Nelly's day-old calf. There in the field was a tawny, muscular black-maned lion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Nelly v. Wallace | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

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