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"Here," of course, was an important qualification. Massachusetts politics are still at a stage that would have alarmed turn-of-the-century muck-rakers. Any politician worth his shirt in this state gets into either house of Congress as fast as he can and leaves local business to a poor...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Burial Ground For Liberalism | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

Bullets & Combs. Oliver Treyz (rhymes with preys), a math major (Hamilton College), a statistical control officer in the Army, a network and ad-agency research man, was admittedly no creator.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Rub-Out | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

moll buzzer (underworld)-thief who preys on women

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: FROM ABE'S CABE TO ZOOLY A Slang Sampler | 7/11/1960 | See Source »

The thaw following the recent sneak snowfalls has transformed Harvard Square into a morass; an oily, black slush is waging an all-out war against man, and winning. What was once snow now looks like low-grade mud, feels like cold porridge, and acts with a diabolical intelligence. This Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How Cold Our Toes, Tiddley-Poom | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

"Will you listen, Americans?" Talmadge asks in the book. "Segregation in the South . . . has proven itself to the best interest of both races . . . Nations composed of a mongrel race lose their strength and become weak, lazy and indifferent . . . easy preys to outside nations . . . exactly what the Communists want to happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Apostle of Apartheid | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

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