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Naturally, a high percentage of Crandall's calls have to do with integration, pro and con. He never hesitates. "Madam, you are a bigot," he barked at one caller. Last week he took on several waves of Negroes who were all for the stall-in scheme at the New York World's Fair. He said that sort of demonstration was "going too far, hitting the wrong people at the wrong time." In argument with a Negro girl last week, he asked: "Do you want me to accept you as an individual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Talk Man | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

Well, not at first. The danger is that Lennon's unorthodox orthography may set off a whole new adolescent epidemic of something far more virulent than Beatlemania. The day could come when fans will talk like this, from beneath their beehive hairdos: Madam: I have a hallowed tooth that suffer me grately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All My Own Work | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...down in that legchair Madam and open your gorble wide-your mouse is all but toothless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All My Own Work | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...Madam: Alad! I have but eight tooth remaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All My Own Work | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...passage is from a playlet called At the Denis. It indicates, however, that Lennon may be capable of putting some sense into the gorbles of his readers; certainly it is logical to assume that if a Sir says "alas," a Madam might say "alad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All My Own Work | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

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