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When Willie Shakespeare, rumoredly at the behest of good Queen Bess, goes all out for "slap me on the ischium, and pinch me on the mammae," the result is good fun, but who said clean. When the stock company undertakes to spice it up a bit, where the heck was Jim Curley's sister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 4/9/1946 | See Source »

When Göring returned to his seat in the dock, the other defendants crowded around him to shake his hand, slap his back. Shouted one: "Hermann, halt die Ohren steif!" ("Keep your ears stiff": keep a stiff upper lip). Growled a member of the Russian prosecution staff: "The pig will long be remembered for this speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES: Stiff Ears | 3/25/1946 | See Source »

...Pauley. The President said to Ickes: well, tell the truth but be kind to Pauley. But when Ickes got through charging Ed Pauley with an attempt at political bribery, Mr. Truman had only two choices: to withdraw Pauley's nomination as Under Secretary of the Navy, or slap Ickes down. Last week Harry Truman slapped Ickes down, by saying that the Curmudgeon could very well have been mistaken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Exit Honest Harold | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

...election was a stinging slap for a Government that had done much to put the country on its feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Eyes Right | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

...contrast coordination and cohesion on both attack and defense marked the play of the skilled Hanoverians. Precise passing and clever feints drew the home team goalies out of the cage time and time again, long enough for the Indians to slap the puck home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unsteady Crimson Bows to Favored Dartmouth Skaters | 2/19/1946 | See Source »

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