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Like eager soldiers at guard mount, Turkey and Greece last week stood at stiff attention, gleaming with spit & polish and full of self-conscious pride, to greet General Dwight Eisenhower. NATO's Supreme Commander had flown over on a quick trip from France especially to welcome Nations No. 13 & 14 into the European Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATO: Our Commander Now | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...health, instead of a possible six-year prison term. It was fair enough, said Plaintiff Tallulah: "I did my duty as a citizen, the jury did its duty, and now I'm sure the judge has done his. You get so mad you could spit, as they say-you'd like to kill someone-but when it comes right down to it, you don't really, you know, dahling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Discoveries & Disclosures | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

...shorter piece of tubing must ultimately lead to your mouth. By inhaling experts declare, you will force water to circulate in the cooling system. One point of caution: do not forget to circulate the water in the cooling system often. Once you have drawn the water in your mouth, spit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Brew Barons Reveal Plans to Make Every College Student His Own Distillery | 11/21/1951 | See Source »

...says, 'I couldn't be less interested, Miss Florabel Manure. And then I notice his eyes were not focusing. 'Why, you act as though you were mad - I mean angry - Franchot!' He says, 'I am mad. I am so goddam mad I want to spit in your face' . . . and he did. I jumped up and slapped his face. I don't have red hair for nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Ladies & Gentlemen | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

...Carolina's Possum Corner Plantation, stuck it out for two days and then declared he had to get back to his game preserve. "Chewing tobacco is my main satisfaction," he explained, "and that's why I have to get out of New York City. No place to spit." ¶ After serving nine months as district director of the Office of Price Stabilization in Baltimore, Hugo R. Hoffman got a letter from the main office in Washington: "There have been no vacancies in the Economic Stabilization Agency or the Office of Price Stabilization in which we could use your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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