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...Rudolf Nureyev, 27, ballet's temperamental Tartar, ever heard of Jimmy Durante? "Nyet," muttered Rudi. They didn't get to know each other much better during the Hollywood taping of an ABC television special to be shown in October. "How about dat!" marveled proboscidiferous Durante, 72, as he watched Nureyev exercising for 40 minutes before his performance. "He takes all dat time to get ready to dance? Me-I start in cold." Fascinated, Jimmy whispered: "He's got awful long hair, too. Dat ain't a wig, is it? He's got a big nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...ONLY SIXTEEN AN I COULD GET IN A LOTTA TROUBLE FOR STUFF LIKE DAT, YOU BETTAH WATCHIT--PERVERTI (Click...

Author: By Joel E. Cohen, | Title: The Flip Side | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

...escorted by nervous shotguns), the deputy, having heard that we were coming, came downstairs to meet us. He is supposed to fill out an information blank on each prisoner, so there is a brief interrogation session before one is run up to the fifth floor cages. "Youah name Weavuh, dat raht?" Without thinking, I replied, "That's right." He leaped across the table and beat me out of the room and halfway down the hall. I finally went limp and fell to the floor, hoping that he would think that I was seriously hurt and slack off--he began kicking...

Author: By Claude Weaver, | Title: Letters From The Delta: Ole Miss As Police State | 3/13/1964 | See Source »

...Dat, Senators?" With professional nonchalance, Valachi detailed hits (murders) he had a hand in, punctuated his scrambled syntax ("There was this fella named which he died a long time ago") with a solicitous "got dat clear, Senators?" They sometimes had not. Cried South Dakota Republican Karl Mundt at one murky point: "You're getting me all confused. It sounds like a Chinese chess game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigations: The Smell of It | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

...wonder Steve Karmen, a folksong satirist, draws guffaws in Holly-woBd- with his recording of a not very funny take-off on Gimme Dat Ol'-Time Religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unemployment: The Attraction at Club 55 | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

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