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...BOTTOM LINE: In a splendid set, the popmeister goes mopin', hopin' and doo-woppin' in no-man's-land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Songwriter | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

...that he faked the age on his I.D. "so I can vote." And before they bridge gaps of class and temperament, the rebel purrs the poetry of erotic menace in the virgin princess's ear: "Have you ever been felt up? Over the bra, under the blouse, shoes off, hopin' to God your parents don't walk in? . . . Over the panties, no bra, blouse unbuttoned, Calvins in a ball on the front seat, past 11 on a school night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Well, Hello Molly Ringwald! | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

...Most of us are damn fools," he said slowly. "We keep a-fightin' and a-hopin' it will rain, because there was a time they used to compare this country with the limestone country in Kentucky. There was a time you couldn't buy land in Menard County. The only way to get it was to marry it or inherit it. So we've got to stick with it. We're the backbone of the ranchers. We're not the Texans who got rich on oil. And we never had the big spreads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: The Unhappy Land | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

...latest midshipman else brought Southern Cal's sensational miles Rol Sink, with it. Rol's 4:16 mile last season was the fastest collegiate mile to the country. Joe Sydnor's definition of "speculation" tops all yet devised. Said ole Black Joe when queried by Pred Livesey, "Buyin' and hopin', I reckon...

Author: By The PEARSON Twins, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 4/3/1945 | See Source »

...begun to believe Mabel is sittin' on glass eggs ... It's been three weeks now and still no results ... Some farmer told me it takes four however ... so here's hopin ... Papa duck hasn't been seen by the j. g. of B23 lately ... We hope he isn't two timing Mabel at this critical stage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 5/28/1943 | See Source »

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