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...nation's "esoteric" law schools "fail to help the practicing lawyer," fumes E. Donald Shapiro. "They prattle about great principles, but who is helping the slob in Cedar Rapids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Schools: A Peek at the Pros | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

...lousy slob!" says Dilwick the police chief. "Shut up, pig," says Mike Hammer-for him, an exquisitely genteel response. He has already extracted several of Dilwick's teeth with his knuckles, later subjects him to a fatal phlebotomy with a .38-cal. slug. The action in Mickey Spillane's 18th book is embossed with his usual delicate imagery ("The sun was thumbing its nose at the night"), characterization ("On some people skin is skin, but on her it was an invitation to dine"), and grammar ("You lay there, kid"; "I thought I could discern shouts"). As always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Current & Various: Feb. 11, 1966 | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

...cuban heels -- and that's bad." He takes his business and his style seriously -- WBZ disc jockeys on the whole avoid excessive noise, screaming, and talking down to their audience. Bradley described a famous disc jockey at another station noted for its noise level as "a loud, undisciplined slob...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: WBZ: A "Contemporary" Music Station | 2/7/1966 | See Source »

...COUPLE. One man's wife left him because he is a slob, the other man's because he's a nit-picking neatnik. The jilted men are surefire flops as roommates but roaring successes on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 24, 1965 | 12/24/1965 | See Source »

...COUPLE. One man's wife left him because he is a slob, the other man's because he's a nitpicking neatnik. The jilted men are surefire flops as roommates but roaring successes on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Dec. 17, 1965 | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

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