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...looked like a goat . . . had ears like a jackass, a back like a sawbuck, no shine on the hair. The head was bent and, to top it all, the pup was cross-eyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Turnip | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

...speech to New England manufacturers in Washington he declared the insurgent Republicans opposing his Old Guard were "sons of the wild jackass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: Abuse, Rout, Surrender | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...Jackass. Disgruntled at their failure to win any tariff victories, Republican troopers took to sticking out their tongues at the enemy, calling them naughty names. First Major-General Reed of Pennsylvania referred to western senators as "worse than Communists." Then Lobbyist Grundy. also of Pennsylvania, called them representatives of "backward commonwealths" (TIME, Nov. 11). Last week came the crowning insult from the lips of swashbuckling General George Higgins Moses of New Hampshire. President Pro Tempore of the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TARIFF: Abuse, Rout, Surrender | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...whole continent. Although he preceded in popularity such current figures as Paul Whiteman and Meyer Davis he has consistently refused to take his profession solemnly. Asked to give a jazz concert in Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, he replied: ''Boloney! Do you want to make me out a jackass?" His orchestra is a well-schooled unit of lively individuals. He was one of the first jazz-producers to practice leaving the orchestral dais and wandering among the dancers while playing. He has played in many a musical comedy, in bigtime vaudeville. The Prince of Wales is his friend. He spends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsreel Theatre | 11/18/1929 | See Source »

...said Pianist & Composer Ravel. "In a cocked hat I would look like a jackass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Honor Spurned | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

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