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Carlin harbors no intentions of decaying, of joining the Show Biz Kids in Hollywood by the swimming pool and the shapely bods. The wiry Irish class clown and streetcorner toker from White Harlem still enjoys visiting his mother in the old neighborhood, and seems to gain perspective on his life as he ages. Soon his funny beard will turn gray--and age and eternity aside, it is painful to imagine that George Carlin will become a prisoner of his own words...

Author: By David A. Demilo and Susan C. Faludi, S | Title: George Carlin's Coming of Age | 7/25/1978 | See Source »

...well: some advertisers are insisting on having their ads placed in the publications of their own choice. But if Turkey's publishers had any doubts about the power of the government's new club, they had only to consider the case of 33-year-old Metin Toker. Last year Toker spent seven months in jail for having criticized a government official in his weekly TIME-styled newsmagazine Akis. When the new advertising agency went into effect, his quota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: New Clubs | 3/31/1958 | See Source »

Departing Guest. In Gastonia, N.C., a man released after spending the night in jail on a drunkenness charge assured police that they had done him a favor by arresting him, left a $10 bill as a "toker of appreciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 3, 1950 | 4/3/1950 | See Source »

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