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...folks that day." The injured woman dropped to her knees and shrilled her prayers directly to God. If He would cure her, she would have faith to cure others, and she would cure them black or white. By & by she recovered, ministered to others, amassed "voluntary donations," built a "manger" in the swamps, swore never to leave the place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Physicking Priestess | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

...circular has been recently distributed among the members of Lowell House by Mason Hammond '25, head tutor, which after apologizing for a seemingly dog-in-the-manger attitude, emphasizes the fact that the various privileges of Lowell House are primarily for its residents, and only secondarily for outsiders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOWELL HOUSE LIMITS PRIVILEGES TO MEMBERS | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

...Manhattan, Barney Manger, 57, got in the way of an excavation cave-in, found himself buried under 15 feet of sand. Extricated by emergency squadmen, 35 minutes later, Barney Manger spat sand from his mouth, asked for a "couple of highballs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Bumper | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

...undesirable that non-Harvard players should be refused admittance to the courts or that the University should adopt a "dog-in-the-manger" attitude. But, especially since, tennis is one of the few sports for which a charge is made. Harvard men should certainly have preference to Harvard courts. To carry out this program, an arrangement might be made allowing outsiders to fill in any vacancies a few minutes after the hour. Harvard favors "athletics for all," and tennis should not, through lack of facilities, hamper this policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENLIGHTENED SELFISHNESS | 5/3/1930 | See Source »

...Republic wants Youngstown. In fact there are good reasons (such as that both make great quantities of pipe) which make such a merger unlikely. BUT Republic's Founder Cyrus Stephen Eaton was determined that Bethlehem should not have Youngstown. Why? Not because Mr. Eaton is a dog-in-the-manger, but because he would like Youngstown to merge with another of his interests, Inland Steel; and because, since he owns or controls some 20% of Youngstown stock, he does not want it taken over by his nearest rival, Bethlehem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: War of Steel | 3/24/1930 | See Source »

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