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". . . one third of a nation" (by Arthur Arent; Living Newspaper, producer). When President Roosevelt in his second inaugural address, January 20, 1937, declared that he found in the U. S. ". . . one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished," he spoke a resounding mouthful. Last week the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 31, 1938 | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

But you wriggle awfully self-consciously. You say: "... Many sound wine critics con-cede . . . that in its class . . ." etc., etc. What is a sound wine critic? I am a sound wine critic. It is confounded snobbery to think that the only people who can tell good wine from bad are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 17, 1938 | 1/17/1938 | See Source »

A name like Argentinean or Argentineanian or Argentineaninean would be a much more succulent mouthful, and would have the further advantage of giving a lot of work to typesetters. Five English newspapers were published in Buenos Aires,-two daily, three weekly, but they persisted in referring to the inhabitants as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 1, 1937 | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

Tears mixed with ink often result in a sticky substance resembling treacle. Though the formula would not be recognized by a chemist, it is well known to some popular writers. And there is nothing so pleasing to some tastes as a good mouthful of treacle. Gene Stratton Porter was an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sad-Glad Man | 6/7/1937 | See Source »

Announcer: "Well, see how intent the little dears are with their food. On the left we see Marie, next to her is Emilie--what a big mouthful she is taking, on Emilie's left is Y(pronounced "c") vonne, then comes Annette, and finally Cecile. (Meanwhile, the Doctor enters the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/11/1937 | See Source »

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