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...Mow the bastards down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Neo-Nazi Groups: Artifacts of Hate | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...Church joked that he had had an omen: "Lightning struck my house two days ago in Bethesda, and you know they say that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place." John Glenn confessed regret, but smiled: "We finally found out who's going to mow my lawn this weekend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Straightest Arrow | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...they fatalistically accept layoffs. Explains Kiev: "The factory worker has more cynicism, more skepticism about the company than the executive. He feels that the company owes him something. When he is laid off, he rationalizes: 'Those sons of bitches at the company.' And he goes out to mow lawns and fend for himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNEMPLOYMENT: America's New Jobless: The Frustration of Idleness | 3/17/1975 | See Source »

...force," French Philosopher Simone Weil once called the Iliad in what must be regarded as howling Gallic understatement. On Homer's blood-drenched plains of Troy, spears cleave through a man's tongue and shatter his teeth or pierce an eye socket. Swords sever heads. Armies mow down opposing ranks like "a line of reapers formed, who cut a swath/ in barley or wheat." Death spreads across the pages like a pool of ink-"numbing darkness," "unending night." Awesome griefs are recorded. Hair gets torn, ashes smeared. But when a mourning fast is proposed, the answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: War and Peace | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

...owner of a propane gas station calls as Isaac cruises by in his turquoise El Dorado. "You gotta give me an autograph for my daughter; she doesn't believe you used to work for me." Isaac signs, then nods to a friend: "I used to wash cars and mow the grass around here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Black Moses | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

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