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...intoned, "unshaven, shaggy-haired, drug-culture poor excuses for Americans." Then Solomon aimed his rhetorical blunderbuss at Bryant Gumbel, of NBC's Today show, who had expressed surprise at polls showing that most Americans felt the government was telling the press all they needed to know about the war. Quoth Solomon: "Evidently, ((Gumbel)) can't bear the idea of an American victory. He wants another American humiliation, another Vietnam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shooting The Messenger | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Despite the mounting unease about his leadership, Dinkins remains unfazed. His response last week to demands that he publicly condemn the Watkins murder was characteristically orotund. Quoth the mayor: "I say that if two nations are in dispute and one diplomat says to the representative of another government, 'Her Majesty's government is exceedingly distressed,' everybody knows that means we're mad as hell. Now, however, I'm prepared to say I'm mad as hell, not simply 'We're exceedingly distressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decline Of New York | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...Quoth the hockey scholar: "You don't have to be Einstein to figure out penalty killing was the key to the game...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Paying the Mortgage on a Second Home | 2/8/1988 | See Source »

...wonderful life and Balmoral is one of the best places in the world," quoth she. And why not? Diana, 20, and Prince Charles, 32, had just returned from their two-week Mediterranean honeymoon aboard the royal yacht Britannia. Tanned and rosy, the newlyweds-he showing more leg than she in his Gordon Highlanders kilt-ventured down to a bridge by the River Dee on Queen Elizabeth II's Scottish estate. There they tarried for a session with about 50 photographers and reporters. Asked whether she made breakfasts fit for a King, Diana replied: "I don't eat breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 31, 1981 | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

...Quoth little Peterkin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Windup off a No-Win War | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

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