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...says, 'Oh, yeah? What's wrong wit' the way Rocky Marciano is woikin'?' " How was the respiration? "I didn't have none. I kept . . . cool." Was Al's tension all right? "You bet your life it was. As long as I was payin' so much for the checkup, I listened to every woid he said . . . The most disappointin' part . . . was when he finished and said: 'Come on, kid, you've had that checkup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: What a Built! | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...front of the Barber Shop and then walked over to stand in two orderly rows flanking the police barrier. There was a little boy leaning on the barrier. He turned to one of the boys with the signs. "How much they givin' ya?" "Dunno. They ain't payin' us 'til after." The little boy looked over towards the barber shop. "Any left?" "Dunno. Wyn'cha go look?" The little boy started to brush through the crowd, then stopped and looked at the bigger boy. "You from 'round here?" "Nah," said the bigger boy. "Eighth street." "Why you here...

Author: By Michael. J. Halberstam and Paul W. Mandel, S | Title: A Recent Invasion of Boston | 10/10/1952 | See Source »

Sinse I had to quit subscribin for TIME I ben buyin it off a barber onct a month an payin for same out of hare cut money my woman leaves me take out the box an him cutting my hare two thurds eech time for what is left insted of all over. If twant shes turibel neer sigted Id have ketched hell an she wuld have busted the barber an now theys compney comin an I dasent do it no more for qite a spel nor wont git to reed it out in the barn like I ben. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 10, 1941 | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...brown eyes, Phoneman Frank Dees fought back with a counter-complaint. He asked for permission to raise his rates, discontinue the exchange at nearby Livingston, force subscribers to pay their phone bills. Snapped he: "The kind of service they're gettin' is the kind they're payin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Dees Goes to Town | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...begin with, it takes a heap o' payin', And you don't pay just the oncet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poetry, Apr. 21, 1941 | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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