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Dunne's satire was a gentle nudge in the ribs, not a body blow. "Rayformers is in favor iv suppressin' ivrything," Mr. Dooley once said, "but rale pollyticians believes in suppressin' nawthin' but ivi-dence." A favorite Dooley target was John D. Rockefeller: "He looks afther his own money an' th' money iv other people. He takes it and puts it where it won' hurt thim an' they won't spoil it. He's a kind iv society f r th' previntion iv croolty to money." Mr. Dooley deplored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Montaigne with a Brogue | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

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