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Gourmet. In Los Angeles, the burglar who broke into Charles P. Durfey's cafe and whipped up a meal for himself left a note: "The steak was tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 14, 1949 | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...true faith of an Armorer [is] to give arms to all men who offer an honest price for them . . . to Royalist and Republican, to Communist and Capitalist . . . to burglar and policeman, to black man, white man and yellow man, to all nationalities, all faiths, all follies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMAMENTS: The Iron Master | 1/24/1949 | See Source »

Babs took the children to Campobello for the summers. From Washington, Franklin wrote her hurried notes. From a July 1917 letter: "Last night I thought I heard a burglar and sat at the head of the stairs with the gun for half an hour, but it turned out to be the cat . . ." He visited the fleet and found "things not right . . . due to old lady officers and lack of decision in Department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: My Dear Franklin | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...readers of the tabloid Daily News next morning-or the smart minority that could read headlines-the head meant that the cops had caught an armed burglar wearing two pairs of pants and a skirt as well. Last week it was pinned on a bulletin board, and Copyreader Harry Mott got an extra $20 in his pay envelope for writing the headline of the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Headline Hunters | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...Mana." This is not to say she overacts. She makes the most of her opportunities, but not at the expense of her fellow players who prove, anyhow, that they can look out for themselves. Althea Murphy as Ellic Dunn, Robert Harris as Boss Mangan, and Michael Sivy as the burglar are especially good. Polly Rowles' Lady Utterwood gets into the right stride in the third...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

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