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There were crises. In the commodity collapse of 1921, the price of oil dropped in nine days from $3.50 a barrel to $1. Murchison and Richardson had all their money tied up in leases nobody wanted. Says Murchison: "We almost lost our taw." They split up, held creditors off as best they could. One even hounded them on a hunting trip; they left him stranded on an island in the Gulf while they fled to the mainland. Ultimately, the price of oil went up; they paid their debts. Says Murchison:"If you are honest and if you are trying, most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TYCOONS: The New Athenians | 5/24/1954 | See Source »

...Tinsley Green, England, Woodcutter George Maynard, 82, led the marble masters of Sussex to an easy (33-16) victory in a match for the unofficial marble-shooting championship of the world. Sniping "knuckle down" from the taw circle, exactly as their Elizabethan ancestors did, the oldtimers shattered the pretensions of their challengers, a team of U.S. Navy sailors called the Grosvenor Gobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Apr. 26, 1954 | 4/26/1954 | See Source »

...taut I taw a puddy-tat a-creepin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What the People Want | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...taw a puddy-tat as plain as he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What the People Want | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...last week, a large part of the usually sane and solid British public had surrendered to the most unblushing piece of pseudo-nursery nonsense since 1939's Three Little Fishies. I Taut I Taw a Puddy-Tat, a baby-talk duet between a nasal, lisping little bird named Tweetie Pie and a gravel-voiced cat named Sylvester (both parts sung by Radio Actor Mel Blanc), had passed the quarter-million mark in record sales, stood second on the British hit parade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: What the People Want | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

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