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Take this here M'Carthy feller, he's ketchin' skunks, lots of 'em. (They's more'n just "an eyeful"!) Maybe some folks don't like how he does it. It's noisy, smelly business. But until some one come 'long an gifts them skunks good--an' gits 'em gooder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VARMINT IN THE VERNACULAR | 3/17/1954 | See Source »

In Sweden, gymnastics is a national pastime, embraced with evangelical fervor. Last week a 13-man group of muscular missionaries from Sweden, including the nation's entire eight-man Olympic team, reached the University of Illinois in the course of a 10,000-mile tour to carry the calisthenic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Muscular Missionaries | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

A year ago Pequot's directors reluctantly decided to sell some of the books. They asked Manhattan's Parke-Bernet auction galleries for an appraisal. The expert who came to look got an eyeful. There were papers signed by England's Queen Elizabeth I and Kings Henry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Treasure of Pequot | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

Nancy Chaffee and Beverly Baker think they have been playing long enough in the shadow of the reigning queens of U.S. tennis, Margaret Osborne du Pont and Louise Brough. This week, with the queens away from Manhattan, the princesses played in the final of the National Indoor championship. Tennis fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Queen? | 3/5/1951 | See Source »

One eyeful of earnest, sinewy Mike erased all thought of class struggle from the McKenney heart. "Shy for the first time since I ran away from home at the age of 14," she mumbled "Hello." "His wife's in Reno, divorcing him," boomed the frank pal who accompanied Mike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cheekbone Rhythm | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

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