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...former English instructor here, De Voto made one of his last public appearances in the Kirkland House junior common room last Thursday. His lecture, "The Damnedest Country Under the Sun", urged a greater consideration of conservation in the West...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Voto Dies | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

Bernard deVoto '18, literary critic and historian of the West, will speak at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Kirkland House junior common room. The lecture, "The Damnedest Country Under the Sun," is open to the public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Voto to Speak | 11/9/1955 | See Source »

...afternoon New Jersey veered into the Republican column, and the race for control of the U.S. Senate was tied. Neuberger's interest in the matter warmed when, at 3:50, he learned that he was 109 votes ahead. "Isn't this the damnedest thing. I mean the fact that the entire U.S. Senate rests right in this kitchen," he declared. "Right in this kitchen," he repeated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: As Oregon Goes | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...keep free from ties and commitments that might jeopardize the paper's independence, Grant and his staff take little direct part in Milwaukee public life. "I have something everybody else in Milwaukee wants," explains Grant. "They want to use the Journal through me. They'll do the damnedest tricks-throw dinner parties, ply you with liquor, find pretexts to get on your blind side. We're not out to make friends. We stick by principles instead of to individuals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Fair Lady of Milwaukee | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

Johnson paused in his phone conversation, then said ominously: "I got a funny feeling." "What do you mean?" asked Hughes. "When you live like I do," said Johnson, "you get these kind of feelings and you play them." Suddenly, after talking some more, Hughes heard "the damnedest clatter on the phone, as if someone took a stack of quarters and poured them into the coin box in spurts. The phone went dead...

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

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