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...great twelve-foot bull gear . . . hobbed in spirals, or helices, across the gear wheel's rim." What, he wondered, was the net effect on man of such machines? Would the jittery 20th Century eventually learn to relax in a "kingdom of engines?" Ed Greenewater laughed and said, "Goddamn it, don't take it so hard, Second." The Chief grunted and went on reading Pip Magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kingdom of Engines | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...Boat. That operator was recently hunched over a tumbler of bourbon in Seattle's exclusive, leather-lined Rainier Club. In his Sunday best, he looked very uncomfortable. He became more uncomfortable when told that the club's whiskey deliveries were smaller than those of some newer clubs. "Goddamn it," he roared, "I go and talk to Mon [Governor Monrad

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISHING: Baron of the Brine | 11/4/1946 | See Source »

...Above all there were the Kettles, Tobacco Readers who mismanaged a fertile farm and spent most of their time borrowing from the neighbors. Maw Kettle was a mountainously fat woman in a very dirty housedress. When Author MacDonald visited the Kettles, Maw shouted at the dogs to "stop that goddamn noise." Then she hospitably kicked a path through the dog bones and chicken manure. Author MacDonald staggered; her nose had been dealt "a stinging blow by the outhouse lurking doorless and unlovely" near the porch. Once she ventured to wonder why the Kettles, who had a good stream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scrawk! | 3/4/1946 | See Source »

...young soldier at Walter Reed Hospital offered his opinion of his new artificial arm. Said he: "It's not worth a good goddamn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: For Neglected Heroes | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

Author Sherrod doesn't try to hush up the plain, stark fear that even Marines may give in to under fire. "Colonel," cried a young major desperately, on the second day, "there are a thousand goddamn Marines out there on that beach, and not one will follow me across to the air strip." Replied the Colonel: "You've got to say, 'Who'll follow me?' And if only ten follow you . . . it's better than nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hard Facts | 3/13/1944 | See Source »

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