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...Ole Doc Tugwell, speaking to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, gave as smooth a sales talk on behalf of the New Deal Cure-All as was ever given by an old time medicine man from the tall of a spring wagon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CURE-ALL SALES TALK | 4/24/1934 | See Source »

...response to worried queries from harassed Harvard men as to the danger of that ole devil Jumping John Dillinger, 1934's desperate man about the country, showing up in the Yard some of these days, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Apted '06, of the Yard forces, revealed yesterday that there was little or no danger of such a happening in these well guarded precincts. Apted, who at first shied away from the questions in favor of giving his opinions on the need of a national police force, did reveal that such fears were mere tommyrot among the full grown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: APTED HAS NO FEAR OF VISIT TO YARD FROM DILLINGER | 4/12/1934 | See Source »

...rose. As she stomped through a lively jota, one comb fell out. H. R. H. swooped it up, returned it with a bow. At the next paseo the lady with flashing eyes shook out two more combs and the rose. There were loud cries of "Que hombre! Ole Ole!!" Edward of Wales refused to budge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Combs | 3/27/1933 | See Source »

...freakish in appearance. Now 19, she weighs 126 lb., has slim hard wrists and ankles, long spatulate hands. No one person is greatly responsible for her proficiency in heterogeneous sports. Her manager and coach, Melvin J. McCombs, is director of athletics for Dallas Employers' Casualty Co. Her father. Ole Didrikson, is Scandinavian, a onetime sailor. Beyond a tendency to use explicit language and to despise small girls who play with dolls, Wonder Girl Didrikson's demeanor during intervals between her physical exertions is not unfeminine. She likes to cook, dance, sew. Last year she constructed for herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wonder Girl | 12/19/1932 | See Source »

...Ludington, Mich., at a meeting of the county supervisors, Supervisor Karl L. Ashbacker interrupted, during a colleague's speech: "Supervisor Morse used the word 'Depression.' I demand he be fined $1." Snapped smart Supervisor Ole Clines: "And you repeated the word, so let's have a dollar from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Gravy | 4/25/1932 | See Source »

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