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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Senator Tydings: "In the last war the only powder . . . this scoundrel . . . ever smelled was in the presence of ladies who might have adorned the windward side of the parade ground ... A perpetual, chronic, revolving liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Querulous Quaker | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...President Truman (reported by Pearson to have made an anti-Semitic remark) : "I had thought I wouldn't have to add another liar's star to that fellow's crown, but I will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Querulous Quaker | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...also been called more kinds of liar-usually from the sanctuary of Congress, a sounding board shielded from libel suits-than any man alive. Some printable samples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Querulous Quaker | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...F.D.R. (sympathizing with Hull): "A chronic liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Querulous Quaker | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...Silver Whistle (by Robert McEnroe; produced by the Theatre Guild) tells how a spacious liar and accomplished charlatan rejuvenates an old folks' home. A 47-year-old hobo, Oliver Erwenter (José Ferrer) poses as a superbly virile codger of 77 and passes out to the men folk a magical aphrodisiac (actually, small bread pellets). He tells lordly yarns of foreign travel and female conquest; makes flamboyant love to a young lady employed at the home; and with a bit of help, swipes the equipment and supplies for a rousing charity bazaar. Though the truth about him gradually leaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

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