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...scribe who said of Till the End of Time, "It was the best-selling jazz record of 1945" [TIME, June 23]-was he kidding the public? Anyone who had the nerve to pen such a banality should be forced to listen to Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye and Freddie Martin till the end of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 14, 1947 | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

...problem play in the Scribe tradition, Arthur Laurents' "Heartsong" has neither a biting social problem nor a pat formula to rescue it from a morass of meaningless talk and contrived situations. Susan Douglas, as Ivy, the eternal sex force, is Mr. Laurent's champion of illegitimacy. Although she was the only character who seemed to have something relevant to say, Miss Douglas was as uncomfortable in her part as everyone else last night...

Author: By J. K. W., | Title: The Playgoer | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...cups a day, some said) legend. It was a legend clad neatly and gaudily in $200 suits, loud Charvet ties, studs and cuff links made out of gold pieces-and shoes at $50 a pair, broken in for him by the late Hype Igoe, a sports scribe who also wore size 5B. Like most rich Broadwayites, Runyon commuted from Manhattan to Miami, and could "remember when Miami Beach was so quiet you could hear the jellyfish walking along the ocean sands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hand Me My Kady | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

...They've Gannon up to Dartmouth to see Howe the Crimson can Russell up the touchdowns," answered his scribe. "Why Dewey stay here when we should Carey ourselves up to Hanover...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey occ, | Title: Gridiron Authority Foresees Lopsided Victory for Crimson | 11/9/1946 | See Source »

...drinking bouts were over. To one last gigantic press party went judges, prosecutors, almost everyone in Nürnberg but the defendants. Except for a brief Judgment Day reopening (Sept. 23), Faber was ready to take its little niche in journalistic history with such legendary press camps as Paris' Hotel Scribe, the mud-&-stone Press Hostel in Chungking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nurnberg Legend | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

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