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...historical tidbits as with a vacuum cleaner. Lorenzo also sweeps up Olivia. Hayden falls into the eager arms of Roxy Eldritch, a freckled, redheaded home-town girl with a pert tongue, a figure that no man can keep his hands off, and "the voice of a bird flying at dun twilight over the western plains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Valedictory | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

...even a crust brad we Got in our houses- If you dun't come across we all are dad docks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Die Monstersinger | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...Washington, D.C., at the invitation of Episcopal Bishop Angus Dun, some 3,000 people came to Washington Cathedral on Ash Wednesday for a day of services devoted to "God, Man and the Hydrogen Bomb." Forty ministers joined in the Communion service. A Lutheran read the Epistle: "Spare thy people, O Lord . . ."A Negro Congregationalist read the Gospel: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth . . ."A Baptist preached the sermon: "Science and invention cannot save us ... The future destiny of man on this planet depends on how soon and low well mankind learns the two lessons : Thou shalt love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: This Is the Hour | 3/6/1950 | See Source »

...anything a man possesses but you can't steal his personality. Am I right or wrong?" Walter Gibson, who has ghostwritten for Dunninger as well as for such other "greats" as Houdini, Blackstone and Thurston, thinks Dunninger is right. "All magicians mix showmanship with their magic," says Gibson. "Dun ninger's on top because he uses only 5% magic and 95% showmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Important 95% | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Rising Dividends. Dun & Bradstreet's President Arthur Dare Whiteside, wartime boss of civilian production, was struck by one big fact in the survey. The pessimists, said he, were not pessimistic about their own business; they expected to do fine. It was the other fellow who would have the trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Testing the Floor | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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