Word: hells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...small beginning, but not an easy one. "I'll lose clients because of what I did tonight," admitted a young lawyer, "but what the hell-it's worth it." Said Merson: "It will take more than a Tide of Toys to bring the American Legion back to life. But it can be done...
...film which must be taken seriously, if only for the fact that roughly half the cast gets killed off, and nobody stands off a Banzai charge of Japs with two grenades, a penknife, and a Louisville slugger. "Halls of Montezuma" attempts to show that war is hell and pretty well succeeds...
...coal contract (TIME, Jan. 29) had been signed before the wage freeze, to go into effect after it. The Wage Stabilization Board was ready to grant John L.'s miners the 20?-an-hour wage raise contained in the new contract. Explained one coal official: "I doubt like hell if they're going to get into a scrap with John Lewis this early in the game...
...I.Q.s look better by comparison. Soon they were showing the objectivity of professionals. When Punch, the gangster, gave a test to Al Capone,† he told the sulking big shot: "You didn't do so good last time, Al, so we gotta run it again. I swear to hell I don't see how you get nowhere with a I.Q. like that...
...seemed quite possible that the enemy was suffering severely from casualties, supply shortages and the bitter weather, but that he was nevertheless doggedly preparing another offensive. Some U.S. officers in the front lines were braced for a blow. Said one: "All hell might break loose soon." Said another: "The Chinese will attack when they get damn good & ready...