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...idiom is his knowledge of how to give unreal characters an air of reality by letting them sit down in out-of-the-way places to chat about everyday matters like sex, communism, the cinema, debauchery, patriotism, honesty. The ramblings of Author Priestley's invention are limitless. They make Faraway what one of Author Priestley's seafaring men might call a "scrumdoolious" chronicle, even more higgledy-piggledy than the study which is still waiting for William Dursley after 450 pages of cozy adventuring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cozy Higgledy-Piggledy | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

...government's only function in industry would then be to prevent swindling and embezzlement, as is done today in cases involving private corporations. At present, the power of local governments to issue franchises to private enterprise has resulted in almost limitless corruption of governmental officials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norman Thomas Says Weakness of Private Ownership is Revealed by Depression-Hails Public Control to End Graft | 5/10/1932 | See Source »

...immediate apology to the host of admirers of Massachusetts' own "David I," that perfect example of masculine pulchritude. Only quick action (how about a "cover" picture?) can rectify such an error ad absurdum. Massachusetts' McCormack may be grateful that the typographical error was no worse, it has limitless possibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...Cotton State. In 1859 Texas produced 345,000 bales of cotton or about 8% of the total U. S. crop, doubled its output by 1879. As railroads spread out and opened up almost limitless tracts of new Texas land for cotton cultivation, the State's production tripled in 20 years. In 1899 Texas was the No. 1 U. S. cotton State with 2,500,000 bales. This year its 10,000 gins will compress 5,000,000 bales or 33% of the U. S. crop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Drop-a-Crop | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

...farmer, scholar, Mickey Mouse lives in a world in which space, time and the laws of physics are null. He can reach inside a bull's mouth, pull out his teeth and use them for castanets. He can lead a band or play violin solos; his ingenuity is limitless; he never fails. Best of Mickey Mouse competitors is Koko the Clown, of Fleischer Bros.' Out-of-the-Inkwell Series. Others: Paul Terry's Aesop's Fables, Charles Mintz's Krazy Kat, War ner Bros.' Looney Tunes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Regulated Rodent | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

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