Word: quit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...editor in fact. On the side he did translations. Two of his translations (from the German) were Franz Werfel's Class Reunion and Felix Salten's Bambi. In 1929, disturbed by reports of Stalin's heavy-handed tactics and stories of the first party purges, he quit the Worker and in defiance of party discipline lit out for the Midwest...
First announcement of Weeks' and Goodloe's request came from Fisher at 10:30 p.m. He reported that he had been asked to quit at a one hour session in the Dunster dining hall. Fisher said--and Weeks later agreed--that Weeks and Goodloe had made two main complaints...
...reasons for retirement this time seemed to add up to equal parts health, pique and finances: "I'll work on until June and then, because of my blood pressure, I'll quit for a year at least." He added bitterly: "When Stop the Music can give three iceboxes away instead of two and get listeners, it's a silly business to be in anyway." And what about death & taxes? "You wind up being a sieve for the Treasury Department . . . All you're working toward is a coffin, and I never saw one with a built...
...after suffering a series of dizzy spells, Allen quit radio for a year. During his vacation he went to Hollywood to make Love Thy Neighbor, and returned with a few Alienisms on the West Coast. Sample: "California is a wonderful place to live-if you're an orange...
...press conference called to explain his actions, Rocky gave a convincing demonstration of a man who didn't know what hit him. Why had he quit training? "I had no ambition to throw punches. I'm boxing a couple of salamis and I don't give a damn if I get hit ... I don't know what the hell's the matter with me." Reporters asked him about a walnut-sized lump on his forehead and he said it was a souvenir of the last Tony Zale fight. Was he punchy? Rocky went on: "Every...