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...when he read from the Bible. "The Lord," he shouted, "has called America to a barbecue and 50,000,000 people are starving. . . . The only difference between the Democratic and Republican leaders is that the Democrats are skinny from the ankles up and the Republicans from the ears down." Griefstricken, he declared, "From the deception, false pledges and promise-breaking by politicians, it looks like it's almost hopeless to look for the American people to be relieved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Des Moines Holiday | 5/6/1935 | See Source »

...Code; One, Two, Three!) to have Nancy Voorhees sought out, to find what has happened to her. to point an unctuous moral for his readers. It so happens that news of the story breaks on the day that Nancy's pretty but illegitimate daughter is to be married. Griefstricken, Nancy and the worthy man who has married her despite her shame, commit suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 12, 1931 | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

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