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...They had no more authority to speak for labor than labor leaders loyal to the Greek Government. ¶ The British common soldiers were resentful at the reporting of Greek news. They also despised ELAS, whom the Tommies, many of them members of the British Postal Workers Union, considered "the lousiest, dirtiest, scruffiest lot of fighters our men ever came across, compared with whom the Germans were gentlemen." The delegation was "impressed with the universal opinion of these British troops and of many others whom we consulted that, had they not been ordered into action against ELAS, there would have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Report on Revolt | 2/19/1945 | See Source »

...strode up to Dubinsky and began denouncing the anti-racketeer resolution as "the dirtiest, lousiest resolution" he had ever seen. A friend of Dubinsky started to argue. Fay swung at him. Fay friends charged, fists flew. A Dubinskyite and Fayster clinched and rolled on the floor. Dubinsky's daughter was thrown to her knees. It was minutes before the battlers were pulled apart. Browne had tactfully vanished at the start of the fray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Wars to Lose, Peace to Win | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...heart of Baltimore's tenderloin is a flashy basement honkytonk called the Oasis. Passers-by are invited to "walk down one flight and save nothing," enter "the worst night club in America," witness "the lousiest shows in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: World's Worst | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...announcement of the "Lousiest Picture of the Year" ballot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Hullabaloo | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

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