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...drawling art of country and cowboy balladry like Gene Autry, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff and Al Dexter were selling on disks as never before. Top-flight songsters like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra were making their biggest smashes with hill billy tunes. A homely earful of the purest Texas corn, Al Dexter's Pistol Packin' Mama, had edged its way to first place among the nation's juke-box favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bull Market in Corn | 10/4/1943 | See Source »

...interlude that you came to see. The only trouble is that in spite of the title and the "Adults Only" sign it just isn't there. Besides this, humor is also provided by the 1930 vintage vehicles and clothing, and the ham acting, which is just that in its purest state. "Fleet" is as good as it was a year age which is pretty terrific. If you ignore Dorothy Lamour and drink in the talents of Eddie Bracken; Betty Button, and Jimmy Dorsey and all his crew, you will have a wonderful time. Time it right though, so that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIEGOER | 7/20/1943 | See Source »

...dead frog can taint the purest springs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPRINTS OF '43 CLASS DAY ANNUAL FEATURES | 1/11/1943 | See Source »

...origin and have never been baptized. On the other hand, I wish to profess here before you and the world that ... I have been decisively influenced and molded by the spiritual forces of Christianity and the Catholic Church. I see 'in the holy Catholic Church the purest power and emanation sent by God to this earth to fight the evils of materialism and atheism, and to bring revelation to the poor soul of mankind. That is why, although standing extra muros [outside the walls], I have made it my purpose to support with my modest and humble abilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Outside the Walls | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

...reasons ranging from purest merit to merest popularity, ten books stood head & shoulders above the madding crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Year in Books, Dec. 21, 1942 | 12/21/1942 | See Source »

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