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...think that my first statements were not correctly interpreted. I used an Afrikaans expression [Dit laat my koud] which meant that I was not emotionally involved, the same as if you would say to me that your aunt died yesterday. I would simply say, "Well, I'm sorry." The direct translation into English sounds a little bit callous, but I only meant to say that I was neutral. I feel sorry for any person's death. But you understand, I'm not emotionally involved; I was not a particular supporter of Mr. Biko. I knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: I Must Keep This Country Safe | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...CHAIRMAN oft wolde set hys brows to crymple. He clept hymself a Country Lawyer Symple. A badde man or fals wolde hym mak syckyn, Men koud hym trust for used car or fryd chyckyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: The Waterbury Tales | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...LYDDY has a mustache and byg chartyse For kydnappyngs and wyrtaps and tartyse.² What tale koud tell? Is thys some kind of Nutte? In gaol y-sits and keeps hys lippes shutte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: The Waterbury Tales | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

ULASEWICZ ther also was, forsooth, Koud wel hide gold in any olde phone booth. Koud gette Hernya (shold watch hys steppen). From so much hevy laundry bags y-schleppen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN NOTES: The Waterbury Tales | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...general result is hilarious. The show is built like a house of cards but somehow stays up. Its top scenes are its burlesque-show rehearsals: rusty-voiced Joey Faye and Keenan Wynn (son of Ed) ribbing an old gag routine; Billy Koud as a gaunt, lugubrious director illustrating for the chorines how he wants them to dance; legsome Jean Carter doing an all-out strip tease with an openmouthed rookie drummer way off-beat for her "bumps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Oct. 12, 1942 | 10/12/1942 | See Source »

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