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...Yessir," said the inner voice. "Gridvid is the coming thing. See ya at the game-two o'clock in Cronin's. Oughta be a good game, Harvard vs. Dartmouth. A real pipperoo for local gridvidders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/27/1951 | See Source »

...from the fringe of the green, chipped into the cup for an eagle three. "After that start," said Snead in his corn-pone drawl, "ah thought unless Burkemo goes hawg wile, ah'd be O.K. Ah thought if a man can't win six up he oughta quit and go home." Sam won seven up. It was the handsomest winning margin since a newcomer named Sam Snead lost to Paul Runyan in the 1938 P.G.A. final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winner at Oakmont | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

...Burglar!" He is against John L. Lewis, amateurs of all kinds, and the custom of eating lunch. He is convinced that the legislative process was conceived for only one purpose-grilling Petrillo like a frankfurter. When annoyed by an opponent, he screams: "Tell him he's nuts-he oughta run for Congress." He trusts only one man with power-Petrillo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Pied Piper of Chi | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

...anonymous Chicago Democratic precinct captain: "It was them bastards that shouldn't oughta vote which voted and beat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Alibi Club | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

Said the engineer wistfully to his passenger: "You oughta been along yesterday. Yesterday I had a steam locomotive." Today was different. Like most of the trains on the Myitkyina, Mogaung & Mandalay Railroad, this was one towed by two jeeps mounted on flanged wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: On the Road to Mandalay | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

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