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...time the kids grew up and you have to buy instead of a crib, you had to buy other beds and furniture which I was only able to do which recently I got a letter from Sears that said, 'Kindly refer to this matter immediately or your salary will be garnisheed.' Well I had to get $14 by hook or crook to pay off that debt. Now I want to give you some of the Mayor's own figures, that out of 168,000 city employes in New York, 90,000 are in hock up to their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Regular Man from Brooklyn | 2/7/1944 | See Source »

...mild benders. But for the most, behavior was average young female. They put wet towels in each other's beds, tied knots in pajama legs. They griped about red tape, uniforms that did not fit, hats not "as cute as the Marine women's." They might refer to an unpopular officer privately as "that bitch." To the surprise of most males, they got along together just as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Hobby's Army | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...what sort of rudeness moved TIME to call PM "hyperthyroid" and refer to its "characteristic shrillness" in the very same press review, despite your admission that PM's reporter "Beichman was right?" Is it fair and in good taste to sling muddy insinuations at another publication without provocation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 22, 1943 | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

...bitterest days on Guadalcanal a year ago, Marines used to refer to the frequent runs of Jap destroyers carrying men and supplies down the Solomons as the "Bougainville Express." Last week the Express was running again-but it was a U.S. Express and it ran the other way. Toward the end of the week the Japanese began coming out to meet the Express. The results were rough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: The Road to Rabaul | 11/15/1943 | See Source »

Everybody who attended the last company smoker was impressed with Garvey's ability to whistle and also to make like a trumpet. So whenever you introduce the man after this, always refer to him as "the talented Mr. Garvey." Incidentally he's an ex-newspaperman from Poughkeepsie...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD SCUTTLEBUTT | 11/5/1943 | See Source »

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