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...second successive year, Massachusetts' lantern-jawed Governor Leverett Saltonstall outskated lantern-jawed Quizman John Kieran in two grueling races (one a dash, the other an "endurance race" of two laps) at Boston's Country Club. Back at the State House, the Governor remarked easily, when Elevator Operator Dick Morrissey congratulated him: "It's good to keep in condition." Result: the Governor, challenged by Morrissey, went into training for a foot race to be held along the Charles River Esplanade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 10, 1941 | 2/10/1941 | See Source »

...because it thinks the day may come when a sizeable, trained army will be necessary for defense. But a permanent system of drafting young men who have the right to live their own lives when their nation is at peace, violate both democratic privilege and sound reasoning.--Ohio State Lantern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESS | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

Popeye is a hot-tempered, bulge-muscled, lantern-jawed sailorman created by the late Cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Successful Sailor | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...sings neither well nor ill. Let specialists define her talent. The important thing is that she sings as a torch burns. She is alternately the geranium of the suburbs, the scar of crime, the lantern of the brothel and the whistle of the police. "Cocteau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Diseuse | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...Exeter his extensive extra-curricular activities include the presidency of The Lantern Club, a literary group, membership on the staff of the Exonian, school newspaper, and participation in the debates of the Golden Branch debating society. President Conant's 17-year old son is also on the staff of the Review, a literary magazine, and is a member of the Cum Laude Society...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE-ROUND CONANT'S SON PREFERS WEST OVER HARVARD | 5/29/1940 | See Source »

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