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...Cuttlefish. He set to work to demonstrate that the G.O.P., "the party of negative inaction [which] is always against things," had been saying the same thing in different words ever since 1933. "Out of the great progress of this country . . . [they] have learned nothing ... all they do is croak, 'socialism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Mink & Orchids | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...holiday cheer failed to drown out one small croak. Employment (exclusive of farm labor) in November, said the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was off 170,000 from October. It was the first time in seven years that such employment had dropped during the usually booming pre-Christmas season. (At 45,700,000, U.S. non-farm employment was still 800,000 above a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Discordant Note | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...morning this week the people of Melsungen, an old walled town in Hesse only 22 miles from the Soviet zone's border, were awakened by the croak of the town criers. "Come to the Schlosshof," their voices called through the narrow streets. "Come to the Schlosshof and give aid to our beleaguered countrymen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Purchase of Freedom | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

...Dallas, station KLIF hired a parrot (with an adenoidal Portuguese accent), whose transcribed croak announced the station's call letters between programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Busy Air, Dec. 8, 1947 | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...biggest worry to a series commentator is the reaction of the fans away from the ballpark. "They don't know the park and can't visualize exactly what's happening," says Corum, in his gin-croak voice. "Like last year, when the ball got away from the outfielders and was lost in the shrubs. I said: 'This is like town lot baseball; they've even lost the ball in the weeds.' And then I annoyed 'em when I told again what lousy baseball they were playing. I think I said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Big Noise | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

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