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...Brownies toked, the Crimson choked, and we got what we ought'er...

Author: By Joy Horowitz, | Title: Joyless Notes | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

...predecessor had become an accepted condition of our national life. There is no other logical answer to the amnesty problem for a man who the Sunday before sat in his small church in Alexandria, Va., believing in the words of the old hymn he sang: "Blessings abound where'er he reigns;/ The prisoner leaps to loose his chains;/ The weary find eternal rest,/ And all the sons of want are blest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: So Like the Rest of America | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

Joisey for Jersey. The origins of Brooklynese are controversial. It has many characteristics, but its hallmark is the pronunciation of the diphthong er as if it were oi (like Joisey for Jersey) and vice versa. Some linguists believe that Brooklynese stems from German and Yiddish. Griffith argues forcefully that it is rooted in Gaelic. He notes that the dialect appeared after a wave of Irish immigrants settled in Brooklyn in the late 19th century. Moreover, Griffith finds that the trademark Brooklyn diphthong oi also appears in many Gaelic words; taoiseach (leader) and barbaroi (barbarians), for example. He also points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Dem Were Da Days | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...When I saw that news summary. I questioned whether it's a bunch of crap, but I thought er, well it's good to have them off us awhile, because when they start bugging us, which they have, our little boys will not know how to handle it. I hope they will though...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Text of Transcripts Released Yesterday | 8/6/1974 | See Source »

...orders. The ball can be thrown into play, but play itself is a matter of booting. Most nations cling to the original English name-futbol or fussball or, for the Scots, fu'bo'. But the Italians logically call it il calcio (or if they're Roman, er carcio), meaning "the kick." It is perhaps the only human game theoretically playable by birds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: An Ancient Kickaround (Updated) | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

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