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...read when he regained his sight. After midnight, Langley roamed the city, pulling a cardboard box on the end of a long rope. He inspected garbage cans for food, begged meat scraps from a kindly butcher, sometimes walked all the way to Brooklyn to get a loaf of stale bread. On rare occasions he darted into a liquor store, after first peering carefully through the door, and bought a pint of whiskey-"for medicinal purposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: The Shy Men | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

...crackers were stale, so the little man with the bright eyes drew some women's heads on them. The proprietor of the Left Bank bistro in the Rue Mabillon was furious; he threw them to his frowsy dog, Peggy. When the artist left, a sad-faced patron said to the proprietor: "Those little crackers that Peggy ate were worth about fifty thousand francs apiece. That was Picasso...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Golden Crackers | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

...game seem easier. While his players romp on the court, Keaney, a Phi Beta Kappa, calls to them in his own curious language, compounded of corny phrases he has coined himself, mixed with Latin or Latin-sounding words. Samples: "Little Ossie Fagus, non compos mentis, biblioclasmic. . . . You're stale stew ... go back to the widdy bimps [bench] . . . don't be a Fanny Willie [showoff] ... dig up a new arm in some cemetery." Besides being athletic director and basketball coach, Keaney also brews his own medicines; the team swears by his skin-hardener and his cure for athlete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Firehouse Frank and His Boys | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

...York G.O.P. delegation to Congress, and taking an active part in the campaign to make Indiana's Charles Halleck the House Majority Leader. Was he ready to announce his candidacy? "Certainly not." Did that mean "certainly not ready?" Digging deep, Tom dredged up a slightly stale gag: "Certainly not-period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Roll Call | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

Scrimmages with the Varsity every day this week have not given the undefeated Yardlings a chance to go stale while their forward line with Register, Spivak, Wallace, and Chen as standouts has given the Varsity defensemen many troublesome moments. HARVARD BROWN Harshman g. Evans Forster rfb. Campbell Merck lfb. Groth Mavor rhb. Classon Ogden chb. Schaller Purluton lhb. Schopf Chun orf. Massare Lazarue irf. Bradley Potter cf. Antone Morse ilf. Ross Corrigan olf. Bellows

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Goes After Its Third Win of Year Against Bruins Today | 11/16/1946 | See Source »

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