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...Winston Churchill's oratory had faded. Members had drifted out until the semicircular chamber was less than half full. The tall man's large, coldly impressive face moved hardly a muscle, his hands rarely stirred as he informed the House, in tones as dry as a corncob, of a complex plan to stabilize world currencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Indispensable Knight | 5/1/1944 | See Source »

...immortalized mcsorley's: "Inside snug and evil. ... the Bar tinkling luscious jigs dint of ripe silver with warmlyish wetflat splurging smells waltz the glush of squirting taps. . . ." The venerable saloon still has soup bowls instead of cash registers, gas lights over the bar, a rack of clay and corncob pipes for free smokes on the house. Under portraits of Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley is a brass plate: THEY ASSASSINATED THESE GOOD MEN THE SKULKING DOGS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bowery Botanist | 8/2/1943 | See Source »

...halls of the British Embassy the presents piled up: crates of eggs, of oranges, mince pies, pecans, a box of onions, a bag of lima beans, two bottles of Napoleon brandy, 5,000 cigars, a set of corncob pipes, catnip for the Churchill cat, a field hat worn by Prince Otto von Bismarck, a wool afghan, a Shriner's hat, silk scarves, gloves, ties, socks, a sweater, a towel bearing the Union Jack, a framed list of U.S. Presidents, a copy of George Washington's will, a painting of the Great Seal of Ohio, a pair of spectacles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bundles for a Briton | 1/19/1942 | See Source »

...amazement, the "Old Man" sat down and seriously began quoting various prices, tried to show the bargain value of some of them. The sailor left for his room back aft in a fog and forgot the whole thing while the captain still sat around and pulled at a wheezing corncob pipe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 16, 1940 | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

...unfolding of its home-spun story. "Our Town" reveals itself as if written to order for the Repertory. Director Pettet is the perfect Stage Manager. He doesn't have to act; his part is the one he lives and works in his capacity as leader of the company. With corncob pipe in mouth and a copy of the play in hand, he takes the audience by the arm and points out the simple charms of Grover's Corners. He introduce the Gibb's and the Webbs; Joe Crowell, the paper boy; Howie Newsome, the milkman. He shows you Simno Stimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 10/26/1940 | See Source »

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