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...roll-call vote was on, Mr. Brown told Page Wilson to rush back and vote for him. Page Wilson, in the Chamber, did so, crying 'Aye' when the clerk staccatoed 'Browne.'* Talley clerks were startled by the treble. It was discovered that Harry Brown, page teaser, is correspondent of the Salt Lake City Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Joke | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...many latches on Dr. McDougall's rat-teaser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Aug. 16, 1926 | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

...Teaser. The arrival of the country cousin (this one from Menominee, Mich.) and her methods of winning the hard hearts of her city relatives are recognized stock for cinema soup. This portion is seasoned sensibly with novelty and makes a fair dish of entertainment. The extraordinarily blonde Laura La Plante occupies herself genially enough in the title part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 22, 1925 | 6/22/1925 | See Source »

...Shaw, too, I always found easy, but Barrie was ever a teaser. I remember I learned my part in Captain Brassbound's Conversion in a few days, but how I had to struggle over Alicc-Sit-by-the-Fire. Alice is becoming more wonderful every day. I have my own listening-in set, and with head phones I can hear everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Honors | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

...Commandment. A conventionally sentimental tear-teaser, pleasing only because of Colleen Moore, who manages to be charming as the poor young working-girl with the invalid husband, and George Cooper, whose comedy has genuine humor and finesse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 14, 1923 | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

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