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This First-Ladylike act set off U. S. journalism's Angry Man: freckly, scowling Westbrook Pegler, who straightway attacked Mrs. Roosevelt as "a cunning and indefatigable conspirator against the rights and independence of the individual American," said her ultimate goal was "some scheme containing the most binding elements of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Watch Mrs. Roosevelt | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

"That Benny's as crooked as a corkscrew's shadow. He's lower than a snail's outlook."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 30, 1940 | 12/30/1940 | See Source »

As anyone who is familiar with firearms and their handling may readily discern, the following items are incorrect: 1) twisted posture, from jutting neck to probable poor foot position; 2) thumb is bent downward, grasping the pistol butt instead of being straight alongside the receiver - and acting as a brace...

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

In any student body, a few exist who have been born with snowshoe feet or a mountain goat nostalgia for high places. At Harvard these select silver spooners have already formed the Skiers and Mountaineers Club. But the average earthbound yokel can only watch with awe and a weak stomach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NORTH OF BOSTON | 12/9/1940 | See Source »

Appearance. At 5 a.m. there were 5,000 people in Callaway Park. At 9 a.m. 20,000 of the 30,000 seats were taken. An hour later, when the heat of the day began, the crowd had grown to 60,000, though the speech was still seven hours away. Downtown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: The Crowd at Elwood | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

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