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"I'm tired o' this hagglin' over pennies. Gimme a dollar an' take the plow."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bunions in the Bayous | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

"Wise guys! I open up the doors at six o'clock in the morning. One day I'm making coffee. A maniac comes in. 'Hey, jerk,' he says, 'gimme a cupa coffee.' Jerk! You're not in business to fight, right? A physical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: An Englishman Looks at the U.S. | 1/3/1944 | See Source »

In most U. S. cities the marijuana salesman peddles his cigarets to known clients in public places. He is known to his clients as a "pusher." His clients are known as "vipers." Etiquette between pushers and vipers is necessarily delicate. When he wants to buy, the viper sidles up to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Weed | 7/19/1943 | See Source »

"I'm bad hit," gasped the radioman, Julius Petrella. "Gimme something quick." As they picked him up gently, a warm, thick gush spilled from his back and darkly stained the deck. In his eyes was the hurt surprise of a man looking into unexpected death (it came within the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC: Scratch One Hearse! | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

Unfortunately there are only four records now listed which represent Newton's genius adequately, three on Bluebird under his name. "Minor Jive" is momentarily unavailable, but the other two may still be found in the record shops. "The World Is Waiting" is a marvelous example of Newton's modesty and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SWING | 9/9/1942 | See Source »

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