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Negro boy named Doodoo Lawrence and inducted him into a Robin Hood band. Costumed in green and armed with bows, they would swoop down on some rich squire (such as a boy carrying groceries home), rob him and eat his riches in the forest. In Port Clyde, Maine, where the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: American Realist | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

Punches & Bows. Take Lima, and me, if you please. I came back to Peru twelve years ago after 26 years abroad (I was a kid when I started traveling with my father, who was a Peruvian diplomat and author). First thing that impressed me here was that my countrymen were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jun. 4, 1951 | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

Once you're in the pie-in-the-face mood, Si Bunce's hickory-smoked, sugar-cured characterization of the woodcutter forced to be a doctor is wonderful. The roguish woodcutter makes the most of his mistaken profession, giving Bunce the chance to leer lasciviously and pinch patients. (The actresses...

Author: By Jerome Goodman, | Title: The Playgoer | 5/15/1951 | See Source »

Confusion would result should Crime rear its head while Wellesley wenches plant trees by the banks of the Waban tomorrow. Consequently, Crime bows to beauty, and will not appear; a special Wellesley supplement will take its place.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime Cringes Before Beauts; Wellesley Special Substitutes | 5/11/1951 | See Source »

The politicos thought differently, and bluntly told him so on election night. "The Democratic organization did it for you, Mr. Mayor," cried out beefy Al Horan, Cook County committeeman and bailiff of the municipal court, as Kennelly was busy taking bows. "You can thank the party. I gave you 20...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Thank the Party | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

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