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...control his feet or his temper, becomes a permanent resident of the camp guardhouse. His favorite chorine (Miss Hayworth) turns up at camp in the wake of an Army officer (John Hubbard). She eventually solves everything by marrying the jailbird. Comic honors go to swivel-tongued Cliff Nazarro, double-talker extraordinary, who spreads utter confusion whenever he opens his mouth. The picture is well done and well directed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: California Carmen | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...since Lord Lothian's death have U.S. citizens heard such plain talk from a British official as they heard last week. The plain talker was big (196 Ib.) Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia. Homeward bound after a 30,000-mile tour of the British Empire, fresh from ten weeks with the War Cabinet in London, the Prime Minister stepped out of the Clipper to be greeted by Australian Minister Richard Casey. Then, with no kowtowing to supposed U.S. sensibilities, he let fly with a statement on war aims, flew in a camouflaged bomber to Ottawa, returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Plain Talker from Down Under | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

McKee knew his first task was to show Portlanders that all utilitycoons were not Insulls. A good mixer, a good talker, McKee brightened many a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary, other clubs. Last year, Portland citizens raised $15,000 to help him beat Federal power at the polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: The Great McKee | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

...pushover is Harold Rugg. An indefatigable talker, he stumped the nation, confronting his enemies at school-board hearings, Rotary luncheons, parent-teacher meetings. He found people everywhere, he says, talking about Rugg. Professor Rugg reports off-the-record tete-a-tetes with his critics (whom he usually managed to mollify), names his chief foes - New York State Economic Council's Merwin K. Hart, Elizabeth Dilling (The Red Network), Hearst Columnist B. C. Forbes, American Legionnaire 0. K. Armstrong, Journalist George E. Sokolsky. He quotes Hart: "If you find any organization containing the word 'democracy,' it is probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Professor Rugg Explains | 4/7/1941 | See Source »

...amazing talker, "King" Cole can discuss any subject like an expert although he has been to school only 19 months and 4 days in his life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "KING COLE" HAS TRAVELED WORLD FIVE TIMES, LEARNED 83 TONGUES | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

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