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...thunderbolt could now topple Tacho. Homesick and penniless, they had begun drifting back to make their peace with the porky dictator. He was glad to see them: "I want all Nicaraguans home. I like to have 'em close, so I can keep an eye on them, bless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AMERICA: Rest in Peace | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...bless and keep the one afar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Prayers for the Senate | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...wildcat, bobcat, polecat, foxes, coons, possums and rabbits. Nights, he took a coal-oil lantern down to the Keechi Creek, baited up with rabbit entrails, fished all night long. Uncle Row could catch catfish, when no one else could. There was a secret to it, but Uncle Row said: "Bless my soul, I'd explain it to you but you wouldn't understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Funeralizing Uncle Row | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...dear God, please bless the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Girard Trust Co., and the Republican Party." Thus, says Author Struthers Burt, the children of Philadelphia's rich once closed their bedtime prayers. Ever since ex-Mayor Benjamin W. Richards helped found the Girard in 1835 (naming it after Philanthropist Stephen Girard), the bank has been one of Philadelphia's strongest pillars of good business and decorum. It was the first trust company in its district to join the Federal Reserve System; it thought it should, "from the standpoint of patriotism." In its vaults lie the securities that make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: New Club Member | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...harried Manhattan bus driver cried: "Folks, they say we had a miracle in the election of President Truman. Now let's show them a real miracle. Let's all move to the rear of the bus." When, incredibly, the passengers moved, the driver broke into God Bless America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Aftermath | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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