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...writes most of the music) complains that "nobody has offered us a decent book." In the meantime, Jerry and Mike go on helping the kids to identify. "Who's always writin' on the wall?/ Who's always goofin' in the hall?/ Who's always throwin' spitball?" Why, Charlie Brown, of course. Says Leiber: "If Cole Porter were starting out today, he'd have a tough time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIN PAN ALLEY: Jailhouse Rock | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...only playing Sinatra, a well-known Broadway character, but then he plays the part with complete conviction and a transcendent vulgarity. Outstanding example: When a woman turns him down, he gives her a long, level look that would boil ice, and says: "If you knew what you was throwin' away, you'd cut your throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 28, 1957 | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...preliminary fighter until he has proved himself." That same day the Denver Post took editorial notice of the uproar. To the cow-milkin', wheat-shockin', cotton-pickin' and calf-ropin' contests, noted the Post, one more competition should be added: "Bull-throwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Colorado's High Pitch | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...rarin' to go and creatin' a pile o' fuss per usual. This hyar piece is aimed at the latter (that's a two-bit word.) Mebbe so some of us old nags can fork you young colts of '45 a little solid horse-sense afore you go throwin' shoes all over the range...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '45 Colts | 9/19/1941 | See Source »

...score when the seventh chukker started was West 8, East 4. East got the ball at the throwin. Tall Winston Guest sent a long pass to Mills for a goal. A moment later he made the longest hit of the game (100 yd.) to Phipps, who scored with a backhand. Post a minute later scored on a free shot after a foul. Guest got the ball at the next throwin, took it down the field, tied the score at 8-all. Before the West could recover from its surprise, Phipps had scored two more goals and the period was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: East Over West | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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