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Last week, as Perón bade him goodbye at Moron airport, Ambassador Bruce could tell himself that he had fulfilled Harry Truman's 1947 orders to "go down and make friends with those people." He could also say that he had made some dent in Argentine economic thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Buttons & Business | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

Such an aromatic parcel of dogma is not worth refuting. I merely suggest that Hero Jones study the theory of the yin and the yan; the theory of extremes engendering their opposites; the moron's ability to reason in terms of black and white morality. The technique of loaded language the need not study...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Attacks Jones | 2/1/1949 | See Source »

...yanked out the six teeth. President Perón not only liked the job; he liked Tylman. Thereafter Tylman was a regular dinner guest at the presidential residence. When he departed for the U.S. last week, Perón, Eva, Ivanissevich and other high functionaries drove out to Moron airport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Open Wide | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

Wicker had promptly wired money for a plane ticket, created a Dorothy Lawlor Special for his bar trade. Leaving La Guardia Field, Mrs. Lawlor displayed a photograph of Mr. Wicker, commented: "Anyone who can't be happy with that guy is a moron." She added wistfully: "I do wish, though, that I had met Dan under different circumstances. I know instinctively that we have a lot in common...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Passion & Pork Chops | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...female moron makes more money than the normal woman industrial worker, but doesn't save her money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotels: Life of the Moron | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

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