Word: thar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Communists who march and fight And threaten us with dynamite. Those stalwart ones may have the onus Of laying hands upon the bonus. The currency-to them we hand it, To shrink, contract it, or expand it. We'll let them exercise their talents On making that thar' budget balance. And, pointing out, with no delaying, A tax the public won't mind paying. To make this simple as can be, We leave to them technocracy. To them we're leaving the analysis Of beer producing no paralysis. To them we leave, with stifled sobs...
...arts colleges for Negroes may be laughed at with the old chestnut, "Is Yo Did Yo Greek Yit?", the equally antiquated studies of "classical'' colleges for whites in the South might lead one to overhear a remark of this sort: "Ain't you-all done that thar Latting...
Large scale advertising (THAR'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS, STRANGER-MILLIONS WILL PLAY) serves both to attract buyers and players. The eloquent Tom Thumb booklet explains: "Passersby see the course, they see people putting-they stop-they lean on the fence surrounding the course-they watch the ball as it travels toward the cup-they scream-they laugh . . . they are fascinated-they want to play-they do play . . . they laugh-they scream-they groan-at last they are playing golf...