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...they're just a bunch of Jerks--we oughtta show...

Author: By Joel Pimsleur, | Title: First Person Reminiscences From Berkeley's Besieged Sproul Hall | 1/27/1965 | See Source »

...McCarthy's a liar. They're all liars. They oughtta hang 'em all." It was the mimicer talking. "That Welsh now. He's from Boston, but he's no good. A Republican, that's what...

Author: By Harry K. Schwartz, | Title: The Bloodshot Eye | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...musn't forget "Red" Schuette's offer to serve three watches for anyone willing to take his if he pulls one around March 20. And you oughtta see her picture, you'd know why. She's this week's candidate for the "most charming wives" club which already includes Mrs. Russel Preston, Jr., Mrs. Warren Haddaway, and Mrs. W. H. Fisher. . . Something will be done to get midshipmen's wives together--one of these days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NAVY SUPPLY CORPS SCHOOL | 2/26/1943 | See Source »

Consider the plight of the Bedford Avenue beauty, the denizen of Section 16, who has lauded his beloved Bums ever since McPhail was a pup. Upturned Dodger noses and supercilious smiles will greet the once-inspired shouts of "trow de big bum out; de empire oughtta take gas." National league umpires will have to carry a pocket-sized edition of Funk and Wagnalls into every argument at home plate. The Dodgers' educational standards will thus be lowered to an unheard-of extreme; it will be like throwing a Ted Lyons curve ball to a rookie straight from Andalusia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Bums on Campus | 1/5/1943 | See Source »

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