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...Chinese opened fire. Rifle bullets snapped overhead and then the enemy charged out of the dike shadows, throwing grenades. One exploded near Reddick, smashed his right knee. "I'm hit!" he shouted. The man next to him said, "Me too," but added quickly: "It was just my goddam canteen." Later a lieutenant reached Reddick, applied a tourniquet and dressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: How It Was | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

Railroader Robert R. Young, who likes to inveigh against the "goddam bankers," this week became one himself. Through three of his corporations, Young bought a controlling interest in the Marine Midland Corp., whose 14 banks and 113 branches, spread all over New York State, serve more than 500,000 depositors. He has been buying up stock for the past 18 months and last week owned 508,100 shares of common worth about $5,600,000, or 9½% of the bank's total common stock, and 11,220 shares of preferred (current price: about $56). Young says he intends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Joining the Enemy | 3/31/1952 | See Source »

...report at a glance, and plunge into galvanic activity while other men would still be pondering. Conventional prudence often looks to him like niggling. When his lawyer advised him that a proposed step was not quite legal, Carter roared: "The trouble with you is you're such a goddam technical lawyer." On giving orders for a blistering editorial, he is likely to caution: "Don't put too god dam much Christianity in it. Libel? You trying to tell me what I can put in my own paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality, Feb. 25, 1952 | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

...interested.' He says, 'I couldn't be less interested, Miss Florabel Manure. And then I notice his eyes were not focusing. 'Why, you act as though you were mad - I mean angry - Franchot!' He says, 'I am mad. I am so goddam mad I want to spit in your face' . . . and he did. I jumped up and slapped his face. I don't have red hair for nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ladies & Gentlemen | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

...agitator or a Red, believe me. I'm just goddam worried, that's all . . . SERVICEMAN'S NAME WITHHELD c/o Combat Camera Units c/o Postmaster San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 8, 1951 | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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