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Behind the discreet curtains of the cafes, crowds jam the tables drinking wine or coffee and eating little plates of grilled shrimp or fried baby octopus tentacles. Silent, grey-coated policemen stand discreetly in the background with little to do. Order is so perfect that Spaniards-against all their temperament-wait for the green light before they cross the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Behind the Windbreaks | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

...never better. His satiric jingles had a near-Gilbertian nip & skip. After his first jab, a hilarious hymn to The Good Old Days ("The women wore a little more and beer was alcoholic"), he quickly took a swipe at Socialism: We love our country but we hate The swollen octopus, the State That fills our stomachs well enough But robs the soul of precious stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Big Ben Strikes | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

...return to the true traditions of Japan after a period of temporary perversion. It can occasion no astonishment . . . only a quiet and profound satisfaction." Communists sneered: "The statement of non-divinity shows a retreat caused by international pressure and attacks by the people. It is like an octopus eating its own tentacles when hungry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Diversion from Divinity | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

...mild-tempered eye doctor eventually became known as "the octopus," since his eager arms now reached out in so many directions. His professional embrace had become well-nigh irresistible. Rudy Vallee finally capitulated to M.C.A. and was signed to a big-time radio spot. Fred Waring and Paul Whiteman are among the few name bands still struggling along without Stein's M.C.A. Band leaders who want to get out have their difficulties, too. When Benny Goodman tried to break his contract, he was offered such humiliating bookings that he would not fill them, finally disbanded his musicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Octopus | 4/23/1945 | See Source »

...been discovered that octopus extract is an exceedingly efficacious remedy for relieving fatigue ... as such will be indispensable to our flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE ENEMY: Apples & Octopuses | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

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