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...city masses had roused to his slogan, "Panama for the Panamanians," and given him the votes to lick Government Candidate Domingo Diaz Arosemena. But this time Arias' slogan had lost its old stridently anti-Yanqui ring. Having been bounced from power in a 1941 coup and exiled through World War II, Arnulfo now talked as though he was ready to strike a deal granting the U.S. air bases in Panama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANAMA: Arnulfo Comes Back | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...Lick Skillet Dialogue. Cohn believes that most Southerners only faintly glimpse the inner lives of the Negroes by whom they are surrounded-Negroes who live apart in sections with such names as "Lick Skillet," "Spot Without a Wrinkle" and "Balance Jew" (where lots were bought on deferred payments and it took a long time to pay the balance due). Cohn has spent time with Negroes, learned how they feel, collected their stories of "hoodoo" and "conjure" episodes, and listened to them closely. An example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Delta in Detail | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Last Saturday's shakeups still hold in the Varsity lineups. The outfield that helped lick Middlebury Caulfield, Gannon, and Roche--will start; Cliff Crosby continues at shortstop; and Armie Essayen, who had a big day at the plate against the Vermonters, will catch...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Baseball Team Tackles Big Green Here Today | 5/4/1948 | See Source »

Oldtime Journalist Dudley Haddock may rest assured that our school of journalism here is doing its best to lick unreadable copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 12, 1948 | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

Most of the 1,600-odd known asteroids (small-fry planets) revolve in orderly orbits between the paths of Mars and Jupiter. But last week an asteroid was off its reservation and rapidly approaching the orbit of the earth. Astronomer C.A. Wirtanen of Lick Observatory, Calif., who spotted it, figured that it was some two miles in diameter (about the size of the Matterhorn broken off at its base) and big enough to give the earth a sizable jolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Runaway Planet | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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