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...Granny gave me a little box of wooden soldiers on my seventh birthday. Oh dear, you wouldn't imagine how pleased I was with them! I drilled them up and I drilled them down, and then one day I took them to the seashore and lost them. Bless my soul, how I cried! My little handkerchief was soaked. And when I came home to tea that night, blubbering and late, my dear old Granny-God bless 'er, her hair was white as snow and her soul whiter still-she says to me: 'Little Archie, cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Fine Art of Swearing | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...film. There are some impressive climax scenes: when Brennan lands in Washington with an empty gas tank, and when his chute opens out against a background of clouds at the end of the picture. Bogart is equally competent whether he is zipping through space or singing "Bless Them All," but Miss Parker's acting in her co-starring scenes is somewhat hackneyed...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/10/1950 | See Source »

Between crises on Guadalcanal the division amused itself with a parody (to the tune of Bless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...Roman matron last week overheard her young son's evening prayer. "God bless mother & father," recited the tot, adding on his own, "and save Giuliano from the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Beautiful Lightning | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...help in apprehending a schoolmate suspected of filching goodies from his classmates' lunch boxes. Hall advised the boy to make sure of his facts before accusing a fellow human being, and told him to do as Holmes did: watch his man. There were other letters which began: "Bless your heart for letting me write a letter at last to 221 B Baker Street and know that I will receive an answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 1, 1949 | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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