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...mind. Hell, when they (TIME Correspondent Jerry Hannifin) told me about doing a story, I said, 'Why bother about me? I'm a friend of the United States.' But they said they needed the story, so I said go ahead. Hell, that's a lotta propaganda - didn't cost me a penny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 13, 1948 | 12/13/1948 | See Source »

...doubt about labor's part. Its politicos worked quietly, kept their names out of the papers, deliberately played down their activity for fear of antagonizing non-labor votes. But labor was united for common action as seldom before. Said one Illinois organizer: "In 1944 we made a lotta noise. In '48 we worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: Crossfire | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...Kong, a binge and hangover at Amoy. Flying in loose formation, they worked out a bit of dialogue to pass the time on their long hops. Cliff: "We're lost, but we're making good time." George: "We're broke, but we're having a lotta fun." On their most hazardous leg, 1,600 miles over open water between Japan and Shemya (near Attu), they got an escort of Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORT: Flivver Flight | 12/8/1947 | See Source »

...whom once told his staff: "The boss says he's getting tired of old cliches. We gotta get a lotta new cliches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Wonder Boys | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

...night and a day, the Sun reported, 26 cops busily beat the bushes of the North Shore. None won McCormick's $100 reward. Then Trib Reporter Chester Nichols was assigned to the hunt. After 22 sleepless hours he tracked Lotta down. When admiring cops asked him how he'd done it, Newshawk Nichols replied: "Simple. Until the Tribune hired me four years ago I was the dog-catcher at Evanston." The Sun's headline: SCOOP! MCCORMICK DOG OUTSMARTED BY TRIBUNE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dog & Man | 12/9/1946 | See Source »

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