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...poor woman without resources put a stone in the pot to feed her children, telling the kids to collect firewood and huff-puff for boiling. The kids did. The kids asked for food, and Mama said, 'Wait, wait and huff-puff more,' and the kids did. Later the kids poked the stone with a stick and found it very hard. The kids told Mama, 'You've said wait, wait and we are hungry.' So saying, they ran away, found food and never returned...
...Mama in the Waiting Room
...quotation ascribed to me ... is far from being correct or flattering. "Mama should stay the hell in the waiting room" is neither a true quotation nor good English...
Oscar Homolka, male star of I Remember Mama, was sued for divorce by his third wife, Florence, daughter of ex-Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer. She said that he was cruel...
...think you hear "the mutter of the bears" [TIME, June 10]. We'd like to be heard, all right, but I didn't know anyone was listening. I'm a mama bear myself and there are thousands like me. I have never bought anything from the black market, and I should object to being compelled to do so if excessive prices are legalized by the removal of OPA regulations. It will still smell like a black market to me, and I shall refuse to buy anything except bear necessities. . . , Unfortunately, a buyers' strike cannot provide...