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This is not to say that Berlin is a putrid song writer. He's one of the best America has produced. He has an immense capacity for melody, he has plenty of ideas, and he doesn't worry too much about stereotyped forms. No song-writer would be ashamed of having written "Blue Skies," "Always," "Remember," or "How Deep Is the Ocean." Above all, his greatest contribution is the knack of representing the completely average sentiments of the man on the street...

Author: By Eugene Benyas, | Title: SWING | 12/1/1942 | See Source »

...undisturbed in his car while thieves took three wheels and a spare, removed his wrist watch from his arm, one wallet from the inside of his coat, another from his hip pocket. In Denver, burglars left a note in Edward V. Dunklee's house: "Sir: Your beer is putrid and your cigars are terrible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 31, 1942 | 8/31/1942 | See Source »

These remarks are based on a poll of the members of the Class of 1945, in which they were asked to express their frank and honest opinions of their courses. Naturally, views on most courses varied from "superdooper " to "putrid," but those included in the Guide are fairly typical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confy Guide Relates Ins and Outs of Freshmen's Fate | 6/15/1942 | See Source »

...they attacked on a vaster scale. They landed parachutists at such widely separated points as Eupatoria and Feodosiya (see map), bombed the opposite extremes of Perekop and Yalta, sent landing parties ashore along the Crimea's Black Sea coast and across the shallow, stagnant enclosed sea called the Putrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Two Guesses on the Crimea | 10/6/1941 | See Source »

...what the - are the Jews of this country trying to incite this country to war for and why does a certain would-be boss in Washington, when he is not off fishing somewhere, make putrid statements about preserving Democracy if that is what we are coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 17, 1941 | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

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