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...wall near the corner. As far as I could see, he hung him in some way to a peg in the wall. His feet were about six inches off the floor. Then Gallagher stepped back and laughed. He reached up and snapped the limp head back and said. 'Dammit, that'll learn you. When I say move, you'll know what I mean.' I could see that man was dead." Sergeant Pate, too late to help, found the dead man humped outside in the snow. "He looked like he was an old man . . . a rack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: A Mean & Cruel Heart | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...Action Commission." He dictated an executive order that complaint telegrams may be sent for 10 centavos, or free should that be too much for a poor man to pay. He wanted to sign it right away, and when told a draft would have to be drawn up, exploded: "Dammit, the people's problems won't wait for commas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: New Guy | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...months in Europe, General Robert L. Spragins, the division commander, was invalided back home with arthritis, and Dean took over. By that time his front-line daring was the talk of his sector of the Western front, and Corps Commander "Ham" Haislip was moved to warn his daring general: "Dammit, Dean, stay off the front lines!" Dean's exploits in battle won him a D.S.C., D.S.M. and a Bronze Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: A Soldier's Soldier | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

...about the murder case. "If you're not guilty," said Newsman Hughes, "turn yourself in to the FBI." Johnson answered that with his record; "I wouldn't have a chance." Then Hughes said bluntly: "I want you to tell me something. Did you pick up a heater? Dammit, tell me the truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Death on the Phone | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

...upland salmon stream, the heir to the family baronetcy (but not the barony), Rear Admiral Arthur Lionel Ochoncar Forbes-Sempill, 74, considered his new status. "As uncle of the present peer. I succeed," he told a reporter. "According to Scottish law, a girl can't. But Ewan . . . dammit, that's a bit different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: A Bit Different | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

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