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...typed manuscript, then looked up with a sharp-toothed grin. "Really, even from this rostrum ... I cannot restrain my laughter." There were a few appreciative giggles from Reds in the galleries, but otherwise Vishinsky laughed alone as he gave Russia's answer to the West's dis armament proposals (see NATIONAL AF FAIRS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Snickerers | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...Wilson," the Sage answered, "we'll tie a knot in their Taylor die Tryon. Don't dis-Smith our vic-Torrey chances. Who are you gonna Yaffa, anyhow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melancholy Mongol Foresees Mad Maneuvers at Midfield | 11/10/1951 | See Source »

...clouds of black headlines and storms of angry argument, Douglas Mac-Arthur had come to this podium to make his stand before the nation and to state his case to the world. He stood in a trim Eisenhower jacket without ribbons or medals, back rigid, his face stony - a dis missed commander conscious that history plucked at his sleeve, peered down at him from the lenses of the television cameras. He waited, impassively. As silence fell, he began to speak slowly, in a deep, reso nant voice. "I address you," he said, "with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The Old Soldier | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

Though record and sheet-music sales were still climbing, other complaints were being raised in Britain about Puddy-Tat last week. Mocked a columnist in "London's News Chronicle: "Dis is wot de gwown-ups sing, diddums." Disc Jockey Costa had received several mildly abusive letters from anti-puddy-tatters. Sample: "Take a firm grip on your puddy-tat record, face the exit, then bend down with your back to the record that gives you the greatest kick." Asked if he felt any guilt for his part in launching Britain on its current baby-talk rage, Costa looked hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What the People Want | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...cartoon of the Prime Minister dressed in cowboy boots, holding a ten-gallon hat and speaking a Fleet Street version of U.S. dialect: "Waal folks, I been away quite a piece, I guess, and it sure is mighty fine to be back here wid youse guys on dis li'l ol' island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Dec. 25, 1950 | 12/25/1950 | See Source »

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