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...content with such heresy, Astronomer Woolley went on to pooh-pooh flying saucers: "I was awakened about 3 a.m. by the R.A.F. and asked about an object 3,000 feet due west. I hopped out of bed and had a look. I should have said, 'Take off, boys, it's the Russians,' but I had to tell them it was the planet Mars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Utter Bilge? | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

Responsible doctors continued to pooh-pooh Kelvin's or anyone else's hair restorer. Kelvin says he has not tried Roniacol pills on his own bald head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mirage | 12/12/1955 | See Source »

...officials tried to pooh-pooh NBC's performance. "Spectacular, schmectacular!" scoffed one CBS brasshat. "What we ask is: 'Is it good?'" CBS answered its own question by announcing that next fall it will do at least ten go-minute shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

...have written The Doctor and the Devils, the screenplay for a new British film.* Published as a book, his script combines some of the best virtues of fiction and drama. What is just as important, Poet Thomas remains a poet while doing a job that most highbrow poets would pooh-pooh, unless it were offered to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Lesson in Anatomy | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

...SPORT) gave off a loud pooh-pooh. All the talk about Ben Hogan being the world's greatest golfer "makes me a little sick," Mangrum said. He knew "half a dozen" pros who would "do just as well as Hogan if they could afford to pick their spots." He didn't want to "knock" Ben. but "it's a little ridiculous, all this notoriety." Said Hogan: "I don't answer things like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 17, 1953 | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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