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...beard), G.B.S. addressed himself to the lone dissenter: "My dear fellow, I quite agree with you; but what are we two against so many?" Shaw didn't know it at the time, but he had won himself a slightly pesky pen pal. Within the week, the booer, a brash 20-year-old named Reginald Golding Bright, was pestering the great man for advice on how to become a drama critic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shavian Shavings | 1/2/1956 | See Source »

When there is booing the place to find the yellow streak is in the booer. If he realized what his jeer betrayed, he would try to conceal his cowardice by silence. --Boston Evening Globe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/31/1921 | See Source »

...booer claims that his strange noises are protests against yellow streaks in the players. But coaches and trainers are so quick to spot a cutter in Practice that they almost never allow a coward to get on the team even as a substitute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/31/1921 | See Source »

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