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...been written since Pearl Harbor, because if we were, we would be in a pretty tough spot, but without a paddle. It's bad enough to hear bulletins telling of Japs in Malaya, Nazis in Libya, and U-boats off the Atlantic coast without having to take an ironic slap in the face when these bulletins are followed by a peachy little vocal trio telling us in anemic harmony to Remember Pearl Harbor, to Keep 'Em Flying, and that We Did It Before And We'll Do It Again, and all right for you, Adolf Hitler, you just stop being...

Author: By Charles Miller, | Title: SWING | 2/13/1942 | See Source »

...milk in their stainless steel bellies, to plants where it is turned to butter and cheese, or condensed and powdered for storing. In Iowa, where more than 2,000,000 sows will farrow in the spring, farmers have begun to think about the hog shelters they will have to slap together, of boards in the shape of inverted Vs or lean-tos thrown against fence corners. Everywhere barns are piled high with hay, oats, alfalfa and corn to feed the new crop of pigs and calves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOOD: Year of Abundance | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

...anti-trust suits may have been a case of mixed signals. If not, and despite the questionable relevance of the old antitrust laws in the broadcasting context, the Justice Department might make it tough. In Manhattan, the rumor was that Mutual would soon slap down a damage suit against NBC, alleging violation of the anti-trust laws. With this cold turkey NBC and CBS began the New Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Old Law v. New Thing | 1/12/1942 | See Source »

...Banjo Eyes" is the musical comedy version of that slap-happy farce of several seasons ago, "Three Men on a Horse," Eddie Cantor, whom most of us have never seen on the stage, hoofs his way through the part of Erwin Trowbridge, a greeting-card rhyme writer who dreams hot tips about horse races. He falls into the hands of a gambler, Lionel Stander, who Jocks him in a hotel apartment and makes him dream up tips. Then there is Erwin's wife, Stander's moll, a lot of snappy lines, one or two good songs, and Banjo Eyes...

Author: By S. A. K., | Title: PLAYGOER | 11/27/1941 | See Source »

...Dunster Funsters and the Puritans tackle the Bunnies of Leverett at 3:15 o'clock, Eliot, once again out for its first win of the season, is once again the underdog in today's contest. The Funsters, although trimmed by Dudley last Tuesday, should have the drive to slap another setback on the Jumbo eleven...

Author: By William J. Eiser, | Title: Lowell Tops Claverly As Deacons Also Win | 11/4/1941 | See Source »

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