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...well as coauthored) was so well liked by carriage-trade critics last fall that it is soon to be rereleased. Of these white-haired boys, the one that shines the brighter in the terms Hollywood best understands is Yordan. Reason: Yordan is already up to his ears in the jackpot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 7, 1945 | 5/7/1945 | See Source »

...jackpot unusual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 2, 1945 | 4/2/1945 | See Source »

...insurrection. The Revolution of 1904 caught him up in its whirl even before he got through his cadet's training; consequently Brazilian officerdom speaks of him as a "Pescoqo de Sola" (Leatherneck)-a ranker. In the 1924 revolution, Dutra again fought the Government unsuccessfully. But he hit the jackpot in 1930 when he helped Vargas' "gauchos" ride into power. Since then he has been a staunch pillar of Brazil's neo-fascist "New State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Signs of Election | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

...Roosevelt would win by a popular majority of three million votes and would carry three-fourths of the states. Say what one will about a visionary, at least he has vision. Of course someone occasionally fills an inside royal straight flush; the fact remains, the crackpot won the jackpot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 4, 1944 | 12/4/1944 | See Source »

...Jackpot. In Towanda, Pa., Carl Sloat, in one tour of his backyard, ran across a double four-leaf clover, a V-shaped potato, and his wife's wedding ring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 16, 1944 | 10/16/1944 | See Source »

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