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Dorgan shrugged. "You know the old saying, a wink is as good as a bow to a blind horse." The representative, who was half-blind, sat back...

Author: By Daniel Eilsberg, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 4/10/1951 | See Source »

Cambridge has a 144-pound, five-foot-nine bow man, spectacularly small, by American standards. The oarsman, Harry Almond, is reputed to have an especially polished style, however...

Author: By Rudolph Kass, | Title: Cambridge Crew Impressive In Pre-Yale Race Practices | 4/10/1951 | See Source »

...bow low in admiration to your writer who pulled: "Tradition is that chorus girls get mink coats the same way minks do" [TIME, March 19]. One of the greatest opening lines ever put to paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 9, 1951 | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...white and brown headdress, stood red-faced and short of breath in a deafening din of drums, jangling sleighbells and good-will whoops. One by one, the Chippewas stomped and howled past him to bestow gifts - a buckskin vest and a beaded belt (which he put on), a huge bow and quiver of arrows (one got stuck in his headdress and had to be extricated by a helpful squaw), wild rice, maple syrup and cranberries ("to give nourishment to your body to carry on that great battle for justice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Trib's New Eagle | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

McNaughton's neat bow ties, shell-rimmed glasses and pertinent quotes from Shakespeare, Jefferson and the Bible became expected parts of the commentary. His factual analysis in a Missouri baritone contrasted sharply with the tension of the testimony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Apr. 2, 1951 | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

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