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...Rapids. What's worse, he doesn't even pitch horseshoes with the old gang any more. Finally he bolts from the store, jounces into the saloon and announces, "I would like to go out of my mind." With the help of a bottle of raw hooch, he darn near does. Then, to the astonishment of everyone, he blurts: "I'm the fastest gun alive!" and promptly sets out to prove it by digging his six-shooter out of an old barrel and potting two silver dollars in midair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 30, 1956 | 7/30/1956 | See Source »

...disk scheduled for release by Charles Clarke, an electronics specialist from Newton. Still others, such as the lady-folk, liked the aroma of the smoke, and the tingle of 3713's gorgeous soot. As for the "daisy-pickers--lamentably in the majority on Sunday--nobody gave much of a darn...

Author: By Gavin R. W. scott, | Title: The Crimson Goes on a Steam Safari | 4/26/1956 | See Source »

...primary races in March (New Hampshire March 13, Minnesota March 20), Kefauver's campaign manager is inclined to place his bets in Minnesota: "Minnesota is what really counts at the moment, and I figure we'll get a good 35% of the vote. That's darn good when you consider that the powerful [Hubert Humphrey] organization is against us, and it carries the weight in the cities." In Florida (where Kefauver is entered in the May 29 primary) segregation is a major issue, and Jiggs has advised him to avoid that explosive subject. "I've just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Keef, According to Jiggs | 3/5/1956 | See Source »

...reader first meets Mr. Hamish Gleave at the Derby. He is suitably dressed-morning coat, top hat-but there is a darn in his sock, and this darn becomes the whole darn thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Treason in Whitehall | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

...replace them, diving coach Charley Batterman has the two who dove for the freshmen last year: Greg Stone and Duane Murner. The talented Stone was practically undefeated last year; the hard-working Murner came just about as close to him as anyone could get. "It will take a darn good diver to beat them," Batterman said. But this year the Yale meet is at New Haven, where the Blue divers have the advantage of familiarity with the board...

Author: By L. THOMAS Linden, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 12/5/1955 | See Source »

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